00:01U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was working on a massive deal to buy fertilizer from
00:07Belarus, despite its repression of dissidents and support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
00:14Trump said on social media that the cost of potash from Belarus would be cheaper than buying from
00:19Canada, as Trump steps up a trade war with its neighbor, a long-term U.S. ally and top trading
00:25partner. Potash is a potassium-rich salt mined mainly for fertilizer, helping crops grow and
00:33improving yields. Canada supplies most of the potash used by American farmers. Belarus is one of the
00:40world's largest producers, but the European Union bans imports of Belarusian potash and has frozen
00:46the assets of state producer Belaruskali. Washington has quietly moved to thaw relations with reclusive
00:55Belarus under Trump's second administration. Last week, Belarus freed 25 political prisoners as
01:02the United States lifted sanctions on two of the country's companies.
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