Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has permitted Moscow to station troops in the country, while also allowing its territory to be used as a staging ground for the ongoing Ukraine war.
On Sept. 21, 2026, Trump said on Truth Social the US is working on a massive Belarus potash deal at prices substantially less than Canada’s, with no volume or timeline set.
President Donald Trump said the US is working with Belarus to secure more supplies of potash amid a trade fight with Canada, a major supplier of the critical ingredient used in fertilizers.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States is negotiating a deal to secure fertilizer from Belarus amid a trade war with Canada. The president and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have exchanged escalating tariffs as the row between Washington and Ottawa came to a head over th…
Trump claimed potash, which is mainly used as fertilizer, purchased from Russian ally Belarus would be substantially cheaper than the potash bought from Canada.
Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working on a “massive Deal” to buy potash from Minsk at a steep discount amid the trade war with Canada.
Trump’s announcement on Russia ally comes as he steps up his trade war with Canada, a long-term US ally and top supplier of potash President Donald Trump has said he is working on a “massive” deal to buy fertiliser from Belarus, pivoting away from main supplier Canada amid an escalating trade disput…
“Even if we wanted to supply (potash) to Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted," Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.
