The White House said on Thursday that it is expected that all NATO members will spend at least 2 percent of the GDP of defense by the next summit of the coalition – four months from now.
The demand for increasing pressure on allies like Canada – who has missed the goal of spending for a long time and is not planning to meet him for another seven years – from US President Donald Trump, who is pushing for increased severe defensive spending and reducing dependence on us to protect.
The National Security Adviser at Trump Mike Waltz said in two synonyms a decade ago … This is unacceptable as a press conference at the White House.
President Trump explained this. The minimum must be fulfilled – we need to be 100 percent [by] In June at the NATO summit, then let’s talk about its transcendence. “
NATO leaders are scheduled to meet on June 24 for a period of three days in The Hague in the Netherlands for the annual coalition summit, the first to be held since Trump’s return to the White House.
Trump has repeatedly called to raise the spending limit to five percent of GDP, one of the NATO members currently does not meet.
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Canada out of eight out of 32 NATO members This is not currently achieving the target of 2 percent, which was agreed for the first time in 2014. About 1.3 percent of the GDP in Canada was spent on the defense last year.
The federal government has committed to a 1.7 percent hit by 2030 as part of its defense policy and says it is 2 percent by 2032.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed the last schedule during the last NATO summit in Washington, DC, but the parliamentary budget employee has raised doubts about whether this could be achieved.
American lawmakers said that Canada’s obligations, despite welcoming them, are not fast enough given the current geopolitical climate. Trump has sparked defensive spending as one of the many issues he faces with Canada in his calls to make the country the 51st American state.
Defense Secretary Bill Blair said last month that he “can be completely achieved” to Canada to reach the goal of spending in NATO in a closer time than 2032, but he will not adhere to a faster schedule.
Chrystia Freeland, the former Finance Minister who runs to replace Trudeau in the liberal leadership race, promised to reach two percent by 2027 if it wins. Her main rival for this position, first candidate Mark Carney, set the 2030 goal.
Conservative leader Pierre Pollyfry did not commit to a timetable to meet the spending threshold on NATO, but he promised that the government, with his leadership, would work for him while reducing waste spending.
Trump’s calls for increasing the burden of participation in collective defense from NATO allies raised concerns about his commitment to the coalition, but Valz said that the United States is still taking its role in NATO seriously.
“We completely support our allies in NATO, and we completely support our commitment 5 [to collective defence]But it is time for our European allies to progress. “
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