President Donald Trump says Canada’s announcement it'll recognize a Palestinian state “will make it very hard” for the U.S. to reach a trade agreement with it.

Just days ahead of joint trade talks with the important U.S. trading partner, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would join Western allies France and the United Kingdom in pledging to recognize Palestine as a sovereign territory,

As Trump threatened to blow up trade talks with Canada, his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Israel on Wednesday, the White House confirmed to The Independent. Witkoff could also travel to Gaza and visit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid centers, a U.S. official told Axios. The White House has not publicly confirmed the report.