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Pay 50 per cent on raw metal shipments — while other industries pay 25 per cent tariffs on the full price of finished goods containing those metals — or move production. That’s the message this month from the United States to Canadian steel and aluminum producers and their downstream supply chains.
Canadians are tiring of Donald Trump’s favourite word, “tariffs,” but they may need to brace for even more of them. Last month, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched investigations into 60 economies, including Canada, under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether they have failed to impose and enforce a ban on imports produced with...
Canadians’ affection for the United States tends to rise and fall with whoever’s in the White House. It dropped for president George W. Bush, rose for Barack Obama, and then plunged during Donald Trump’s first term, only to rise again with Joe Biden. In the first year of Trump’s second presidency, however, Canada’s fondness for its southern neighbour has plumbed...
As the first woman to serve as Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman has been described as a powerhouse of a diplomat by business, political, and diplomatic leaders from both sides of the aisle. Before being appointed acting ambassador in 2019 and getting the top job in 2020, Hillman served as deputy ambassador from 2017 to 2019, contributing...
It’s been nearly a decade since a Canadian prime minister set foot in Beijing. Now, sensing an opportunity, Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in the Chinese capital , where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and attempt to reset Canada-China relations following years of tensions between the two countries. His visit is also meant to...
In 2020, then U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer described the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free-trade agreement (CUSMA) as the “new gold standard against which all future trade agreements will be judged,” after the deal he helped put together was passed in the Senate. Six years later, in 2026, CUSMA will be facing scrutiny on its real-world results as the three countries begin renegotiating...
Could they really break up Canada? In recent months — and as recently as last week — separatists have been wooing the Trump administration for support for an independent Alberta. They plan to continue those discussions with the U.S. State Department, and one Alberta Republican even plans to take the campaign further south, to Latin America, to rustle up support...
With the government’s new energy deal with Alberta, including plans for an oil pipeline to the West Coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney is determined to forge a new export route to gain leverage in trade talks with Washington. But two questions remain: will the plan have any impact on U.S. President Donald Trump and, perhaps more importantly, will the pipeline...
Would you rather sip drinks poolside in Palm Beach, Fla., or trudge through the snow of Alberta?
Another Alberta separatist has travelled south of the border to woo American conservatives. In recent months, members of the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), a separatist organization, have boasted of meetings in Washington, D.C., with senior-level officials from the U.S. administration. Now, the only political party affiliated with Alberta’s independence movement, the Republican Party of Alberta (RPA), is making its own...
When it comes to Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, things have been eerily quiet in Washington, D.C. recently. Much of the focus in Washington has been on trade with the United Kingdom and U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic second state visit there this week. The trip promises plenty of royal pageantry that British leaders hope will persuade the American leader to lower...
At a steel plant in Pennsylvania in May, U.S. President Donald Trump promised workers a new era of domestic steel production. “We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,” Trump said, reflecting how he sees steel as the centrepiece of a revitalized American industrial capacity. How would he do it? With...
The reasons Trump might have wanted to derail the negotiations — and what other surprises he might have in store. Trade talks are reportedly continuing between Canada and the U.S., with formal meetings having taken place since U.S. President Donald Trump revealed more threats and demands last week, a source close to the White House said.
Trump has called for a revival of Keystone XL. He may not appreciate Canada instead building a pipeline that offers Alberta's oil to China.