B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks amid Trump tensions

Source: The Canadian Press

B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks amid Trump tensions

By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted March 11, 2025 6:56 pm
Updated March 11, 2025 9:34 pm

British Columbia’s Energy Ministry says the United States has paused negotiations with Canada on the wide-reaching Columbia River Treaty that regulates everything from flood control and power generation to water supply and salmon restoration in the region.

The ministry says in a news release that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration “is conducting a broad review of its international engagement.”

The two countries reached an in-principle deal on a new version of the decades-old treaty last July, and while officials from both countries pushed for its finalization before Trump took office in January, the treaty’s fate remains unsettled.

The Columbia River’s headwaters are in British Columbia before it flows down into the states of Washington and Oregon.

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