Trudeau Calls NATO Target ‘Crass’ But Sets 2032 Deadline to Meet It
- Republicans took aim at Canadian PM over defense spending
- Canada is among minority in NATO that spends under 2% of GDP
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington, on July 10.
Photographer: Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty Images
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hit NATO’s requirement to spend 2% of gross domestic product on defense, even as he described the target as a “crass” metric that doesn’t adequately measure the country’s contributions to the alliance.
The Canadian leader, under fire from allies at this week’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, announced Thursday the government will reach the minimum spending goal by 2032. He gave few concrete details of how it would do that, however.