The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of ...
A new target for spending is likely to be agreed at a NATO summit in The Hague in June. That would require agreement from all 32 member states. European countries have ramped up defense budgets ...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday the United States will be asking all member countries of NATO — which includes Canada — to increase military spending to 5 per cent of annual ...
NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of ...
NATO countries are facing pressure to increase defense spending to counter the Russian threat, but political and economic obstacles are hindering progress. Germany's constitutional debt brake and ...
“But tariffs on NATO, tariffs on Australia, forcing those countries to raise their taxes; I’m not sure that’s going to work to the benefit of the United States or the world economy.” ...
Canada is already a laggard in meeting NATO’s current target of spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product on defence. Right now, the country spends about 1.37 per cent, but Prime Minister ...