Only a week before it was officially opened to traffic, the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Michigan, USA, and Ontario, Canada, has become controversial again over the ownership of bridge toll revenue
Only a week before it was officially opened to traffic, the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Michigan, USA, and Ontario, Canada, has become controversial again over the ownership of bridge toll revenue. Canadian Prime Minister Carney made it clear on the 16th that Canada will not share toll revenue with the United States until Canada recovers all the initial bridge construction costs. Previously, the United States announced that the two sides had reached a new agreement on the bridge's revenue arrangements, triggering questions about whether the Canadian government would make concessions. This cross-border bridge, which originally symbolized cooperation between the United States and Canada and shouldered the heavy responsibility of transporting North American automobile supply chains, has now become the focus of a new round of competition between the two sides and has also become a "vane" for observing changes in U.S.-Canada relations. (Global Times)