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    WATCH: White House Holds Briefing As Trump Shuts Border With Canada

    The president said the border would close by "mutual consent," the latest development in the coronavirus pandemic. The White House is holding a briefing. Watch it live.
    by Ayesha Rascoe Mar 18, 2020 3 minutes
    President Trump holds the daily briefing on the coronavirus at the White House on Wednesday.

    Updated at 12:32 p.m. ET

    President Trump ordered the border with Canada partly closed on Wednesday and the Defense Department said it would contribute to the coronavirus pandemic response with hospital ships, field treatment centers and medical supplies.

    The U.S.-Canada border — the longest undefended frontier in the world — would shut to non-essential traffic "by mutual consent," Trump said.

    The pandemic has shut down travel around the world. Trump made his announcement about Canada on Twitter.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that some traffic

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