Feb 1 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he wants to avoid a U.S. defau...
Feb 1 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he wants to avoid a U.S. defau...
Jan 25 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are laying out the details of their new bilateral workaround for the Nexus trusted-traveller system. The biggest change, to take effect in the spring, will allow U.S. border agents to interview Nexus applicant...
Jan 25 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are laying out the details of their new bilateral workaround for the Nexus trusted-traveller system. The biggest change, to take effect in the spring, will allow U.S. border agents to interview Nexus applicant...
Jan 18 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — It's become a reliably consistent sideshow in U.S. congressional politics: Democrats and Republicans battling over a self-imposed limit on federal borrowing, a feud that often leads to standoffs and protracted government shutdowns. But wi...
Jan 18 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — It's become a reliably consistent sideshow in U.S. congressional politics: Democrats and Republicans battling over a self-imposed limit on federal borrowing, a feud that often leads to standoffs and protracted government shutdowns. But wi...
Jan 11 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico basked Wednesday in the glow of a major trade win over the United States as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up a trilateral summit aimed at charting a course for North American excellence. The dispute panel's deci...
Jan 11 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico basked Wednesday in the glow of a major trade win over the United States as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up a trilateral summit aimed at charting a course for North American excellence. The dispute panel's deci...
Jan 10 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden tied up a pair of bilateral loose ends Tuesday: one for Canadians who frequently cross the Canada-U.S. border, the other for a certain U.S. president who has yet to do so. The Nexus trusted-traveller program,...
Jan 10 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden tied up a pair of bilateral loose ends Tuesday: one for Canadians who frequently cross the Canada-U.S. border, the other for a certain U.S. president who has yet to do so. The Nexus trusted-traveller program,...
Jan 9 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — From the frosty throes of a Canadian winter, the land of conquistadors and Frida Kahlo can seem a million miles away. But that's not the way North American diplomats, trade experts and business leaders see it — and they hope the continen...
Jan 9 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MEXICO CITY — From the frosty throes of a Canadian winter, the land of conquistadors and Frida Kahlo can seem a million miles away. But that's not the way North American diplomats, trade experts and business leaders see it — and they hope the continen...
Jan 8 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Familiar North American irritants — U.S. protectionism, intransigence on continental trade, irregular migration — return to the fore this week as the so-called "Three Amigos" meet for a trilateral summit in Mexico City. Canada had an autom...
Jan 8 2023 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Familiar North American irritants — U.S. protectionism, intransigence on continental trade, irregular migration — return to the fore this week as the so-called "Three Amigos" meet for a trilateral summit in Mexico City. Canada had an autom...
Dec 17 2022 — James McCarten, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — Friends, partners, allies — and rivals. With cross-border auto tensions now in the rear-view mirror, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about Canada's next big bilateral challenge: head-to-head economic competition with the United St...