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Sen. Susan Collins says both Canada and U.S. should return to bargaining table. A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine — facing a re-election battle in November's midterms in a state highly dependent on cross-border trade —...
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and his American counterpart are aiming to present U.S. President Donald Trump a potential trade deal as early as Monday, CBC News has learned. Sources who were recently briefed on the matter say the hope is the joint proposal can be presented to Trump at least a day before the president's latest tariff deadline. That...
The Canadian government is preparing to meet some U.S. demands — including ending bans on American alcohol sales — as trade talks heat up ahead of the latest tariff deadline, according to sources. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a new 50 per cent levy on hundreds of Canadian imports by Aug. 19, citing complaints about provincial booze bans, dairy...
Kirsten Hillman's comments come after top U.S. negotiator floated separate deals with Canada, Mexico. Canada's ambassador to the U.S. is downplaying signals from the Trump administration that it's considering breaking up the three-way North American free trade agreement into separate deals with Mexico and Canada. Kirsten Hillman, who also serves as Canada's lead negotiator in trade talks with the U.S....
Canadian officials lower expectations around trade developments ahead of Mark Carney’s brief visit to D.C. When Prime Minister Mark Carney touches down in Washington on Friday morning, Canadian officials say this brief visit is all about celebrating FIFA soccer. Really, they insist. Expectations for any sort of breakthrough that could see trade talks with the U.S. resume are low. At...
Incident happened at Canadian American Business Council gathering in Ottawa. The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News. Word spread quickly through some of the most powerful circles in Ottawa and Washington after the encounter, which happened during the Canadian American Business Council’s...
The prime minster will meet with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Partial relief from steel tariffs is the modest expectation of the Canadian delegation heading to the White House for Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump. According to three Canadian sources speaking to CBC News and Radio-Canada, the hope is that any...
Multiple sources caution more work to be done before a deal is reached. In a sign that Canada and the U.S. are making progress toward some sort of trade agreement, CBC News and Radio-Canada have learned about the existence of a working document outlining details of a potential deal. According to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation, the...
White House official lowers expectations around new sectoral tariffs starting April 2. It appears some key industries facing the threat of new U.S. tariffs may be spared from President Donald Trump's next shot in his global trade war — at least for the moment. Speaking on background, a White House official told CBC News that despite Trump's repeated threats about...
Senior government sources expect the reprieve will be short-lived. Despite winning a month-long reprieve from potentially devastating U.S. tariffs, there is a deep sense of anxiety hanging over some of the most senior Canadian government officials who manage the relationship with President Donald Trump.
Possibility of emergency tariffs over border for now, then wider-ranging tariffs in spring. The U.S. is threatening a two-stage tariff plan in which Canada and Mexico could get hit with initial trade penalties within days then face broader penalties this spring.
Among the most senior officials in Ottawa, there is a document circulating that outlines specific details about how Canada could retaliate against Donald Trump's tariff threat. The list includes hundreds of American-made goods that Canada is considering hitting with retaliatory tariffs, according to a senior Canadian government source. American steel products, ceramics including toilets and sinks, glassware, flowers and different...
Fears are intensifying that Donald Trump's tariff threat will become a reality for Canada. Officials around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are increasingly worried that the U.S. president-elect's mind is made up, and that he will make good on his threat to impose a 25 per cent levy on all Canadian imports the day he takes office. According to a senior...
Former Trump ally-turned-critic urges Trudeau to stay out of U.S. domestic politics. When Donald Trump jokes that Canada could become the 51st state, and refers to Justin Trudeau as a governor rather than prime minister, it's all an effort to "humiliate" the Canadian leader, a former senior Trump adviser says. And it's to be expected from the U.S. president-elect, said...
Canada staged a large-scale diplomatic deployment this week in preparation for a U.S. presidential election of more consequence than usual. More than a dozen Canadian diplomats posted in various U.S. cities came to Washington to meet with scores of American lawmakers on Capitol Hill.