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Jeremie Charron

Carney ramps up trade diversification efforts with Canada-U.S. deal still out

As Canada-U.S. trade talks intensify, the federal government is pushing ahead with efforts to diversify Canada’s trading relationships and attract foreign investment, with a series of international meetings and trade initiatives planned in the coming weeks, and several others that have already happened. This week, Canada and the United Arab Emirates launched a new strategic partnership. “A comprehensive economic partnership...

Katie Griffin

CTV News went to Kentucky to see if Canada’s bourbon bans are hurting them. Their response was blunt

Bourbon is a way of life in Bardstown, Ky. The town of more than 13,000 people, located about an hour from Louisville, is known as the bourbon capital of the world. Kentucky distillers were hit hard in March 2025 when Canadian provinces pulled American alcohol and spirits off the shelves in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Most still...

Emilie Bergeron

Ottawa inspired by NAFTA as it pursues a new Canada-EU alliance, Joly says

Ottawa is drawing inspiration from the North American Free Trade Agreement as it works to develop a new alliance with the European Union, Industry Minister Melanie Joly says. Joly told The Canadian Press that Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico fostered industrial integration that has worked effectively in North America for decades. The minister said the accord...

David Baxter

Canada-EU Summit set to launch additional talks on a deeper partnership

A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official said Wednesday. The next steps in that alliance are expected to be finalized and announced Thursday and Friday, during the Canada-EU Summit in Montreal. In a briefing for reporters ahead of the...

Canada not yet in position to reach trade deal with U.S.: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not yet in a position to reach a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, even with the congressional midterms just days away. On his way into the weekly Liberal national caucus meeting on Parliament Hill today, Carney said Ottawa is prepared to make a deal only when it suits Canadians' interests...

Catherine Morrison

There has been 'limited progress' in Canada-U.S. trade talks: Canadian official

A Canadian official says there has been "limited progress" made in recent trade talks with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday acknowledged talks had intensified slightly in recent days and President Donald Trump and his officials have suggested a deal could be possible before next week midterm elections in the United States. But a Canadian government official...

Catherine Morrison

Canada, UAE sign free trade deal, agree to extradition treaty talks

Canada and the United Arab Emirates signed a free trade deal on Tuesday they say was reached in a "record" time of 47 days, and have also agreed to start talks on an extradition treaty. The trade deal was one of a handful of trade and infrastructure agreements signed during the crown prince of Abu Dhabi's visit to Ottawa on...

Katie Griffin

CTV News asked Georgia voters about tariffs. Their answer was clear

If you ask Georgia cattle farmer Scott Craig about who has been impacted by the trade war and what costs have gone up, he’ll tell you just about everyone and everything, especially in agriculture. “I classify [it] as our three F’s. The fuel, the feed and the fertilizer.” Craig has been a cattle farmer in McDonough, Ga., about an hour...

Spencer Van Dyk

PM Carney says U.S. is ‘coming closer to our position’ in trade war as talks gain momentum

Amid reporting by CTV News that trade talks between Canada and the U.S. are gaining momentum, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Trump administration is “coming closer to our position.” Carney made the comments during a question-and-answer period with reporters after a meeting between First Nation leaders and First Ministers in Ottawa on Monday. Carney also said, however, he can’t...

Peter Zimonjic, Louis Blouin, Katie Simpson

Canada-U.S. trade talks intensifying but wide gap remains, sources say

Source familiar with discussions tells Radio-Canada 'we are not on the verge of an agreement just yet.' With the U.S.-Canada trade war dominating the final days of the U.S. midterm campaign, trade discussions between the two countries have intensified. But sources tell CBC News and Radio-Canada that doesn't mean a deal is imminent. A source familiar with the discussions told...

Aaron Sousa

Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end 'pretty soon'

U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects his constantly evolving trade war with Canada to end "pretty soon" despite formal trade negotiations not resuming since they fell apart in August. Trump told a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday that Canada had been "ripping off" the U.S. on trade and the U.S. had no choice but to impose levies...

Luca Caruso-Moro

Top Trump adviser blames Alberta referendum for trade deal delay

Canada and the U.S. are “very close” to a trade deal, a key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump said, days after the White House imposed new tariffs on Canadian goods and dropped others. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett made the remark during an interview on Fox News Sunday. He said U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had been speaking...

Vassy Kapelos, Marieke Walsh, Graham Richardson, Mike Le Couteur

Canada-U.S. talks gain more momentum ahead of midterms: sources

Multiple government and industry sources close to trade discussions between Canada and the United States tell CTV News the momentum of the talks, just recently re-started in earnest, combined with U.S. President Donald Trump’s political vulnerabilities ahead of the midterms leads them to believe there is considerable appetite from the White House to strike a deal with Canada. All the...

Stephanie Ha

India’s envoy to Canada ‘confident’ trade deal coming before Modi visit

India’s High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh K. Patnaik says he is “confident” a trade deal between Canada and India will be reached before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada in December. “We have got most of it worked out. A few nicks here and there. Some legal scrubbing. But I’m extremely confident that we will be able to achieve...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Trump administration dropping and adding some tariffs on Canadian exports

U.S. President Donald Trump is lifting some tariffs on Canadian exports at the end of this month, but adding tariffs to dozens of new products, including Canadian garbage and sewage. As the trade war with Canada becomes a ballot box issue in key races ahead of November's midterm election, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said Friday nine categories of...

Luca Caruso-Moro, Rachel Aiello

Trump says deal with Canada close, but he holds ‘all the cards’

Canada and the U.S. are close to a trade deal, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Asked about progress toward a deal with Mexico, Trump said during a scrum with reporters in Washington that his administration is “very close” to a “very good” deal. “The same thing with Canada. Canada’s working very hard to make a deal with us. And...

Trump Expected to Remove Some Tariffs on Canada in Bid to Help Susan Collins

The move, which could come as soon as Friday, would remove tariffs on some agricultural and forestry goods but could raise levies on other products The U.S. is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, according to people familiar with the...

Tonda MacCharles

Tariff-free Canada-U.S. trade not returning, Carney’s top negotiator says

The Canada—U.S. trading relationship is never going back to what it used to be, and U.S. tariffs are a reality of the future even if the continental trade pact is renewed, says Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s lead trade negotiator Janice Charette. The goal now is to get the lowest tariff rates possible on the widest possible range of goods, she...

Vassy Kapelos, Graham Richardson, Marieke Walsh

Canada hasn’t yet closed door on U.S. trade deal ahead of midterms

Canadian officials haven’t ruled out the possibility of a snap trade deal with the United States ahead of next month’s midterm elections, according to sources with direct knowledge of the talks. Though they cautioned that the hope remains faint.

Simon Tuck

Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum a 'disaster' for the U.S., think tank report says

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum have been a "disaster" for the U.S. economy because they've fuelled inflation and failed to spur the promised growth in those industries, a new think report has found. The Montreal Economic Institute report, to be released Thursday, found that steel and aluminum prices in the U.S. market have soared since Trump...

Spencer Van Dyk

PM Carney, Trump talk trade as U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in elections

As U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in American elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, and added when asked specifically that they discussed “issues around trade.” With the highly consequential U.S. midterm elections fast approaching and amid a protracted trade war between the two countries, Canada has yet to reach a...

Lisa Hrabluk

The East Coast’s audacious new plan to court Europe

When Wallace and Harrison McCain decided in the 1960s to export french fries from tiny Florenceville, N.B., they opted to skip the relatively close American market, a mere 17 kilometres away. Instead they looked east, 5,400 kilometres to the United Kingdom, which became their beachhead into Europe and eventual global expansion.

Katie Simpson

No Canada-U.S. trade deal expected before American midterm elections: sources

Stalemate drags on as Trump's Jan. 1 auto tariff threat looms. The Canada-U.S. trade war is poised to grind on for the foreseeable future, as sources tell CBC News hope of a deal before the American midterm elections has completely faded. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Canadian government officials have been informing industry groups over the...

Christopher Reynolds

'We're not hurting them': Trump walks back threat to ban Bombardier sales in U.S.

Donald Trump has backed down on a threat to ban Bombardier Inc. plane sales in the United States, part of a broader cooling of rhetoric from the U.S. president after tempers flared and tariffs rose amid an earlier escalation in the trade war. Speaking at a campaign rally Monday night, Trump said he's changed his perception of the Montreal-based business...

Eric Saumure

Effective trade diversification depends on small and medium businesses

New agreements with Europe will not build resilience unless SMEs can navigate the rules, finance the move and use the access Mark Carney negotiates.

Catherine Morrison

Canada, India closer to new economic pact following trade talks in New Delhi, Mumbai

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said trade talks between Canada and India advanced over the past week as he led a major trade mission to New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. A statement from his office said the mission included representatives from nearly 300 Canadian businesses and exporters, and resulted in 34 commercial agreements worth almost $300 million. It said the...

Andrew Phillips

Canada is inflicting pain and U.S ambassador Pete Hoekstra is feeling it

There’s a term in psychology for people who accuse others of doing what they themselves are guilty of: projection. A chronic liar thinks everyone else lies too. A cheater assumes others must cheat. So pointing a finger comes naturally. Plus it’s a great way to turn the tables and deflect attention from your own sins.

Kate McKenna

Fisheries minister travelling to China ahead of lobster, crab tariff deadline

Market access for Canadian fish, seafood and deepening trade relations are key priorities, spokesperson says. Canada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries. As part of an agreement in January, China suspended a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab...

Murray Brewster

Black Hawk down: Trump's trade war pauses Canadian helicopter deal

Ottawa halted plans to buy 16 U.S.-made helicopters ahead of trade talks: sources. The Liberal government quietly ordered a pause on a modest, but important purchase of 16 U.S.-made UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters just before trade negotiations began last summer with the Trump administration, CBC News and Radio-Canada have learned. The aircraft, which are intended for use by Canada's special...

Catherine Morrison

Trade minister leading 300-member mission to India this week

International Trade Maninder Sidhu is in India this week as the two countries look to reach a free-trade agreement by the end of the year. Sidhu is set to make stops in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru during his visit. He is being joined by almost 300 delegates representing businesses and exporters from across Canada. A Global Affairs Canada news release...

Geoffrey York

Ottawa negotiating deal with Angola as trade diversification efforts expand

Canadian mining companies could be among the beneficiaries of the Carney government’s push for an economic agreement with resource-rich Angola, one of the first African targets in Ottawa’s global trade diversification campaign. Prime Minister Mark Carney met last month with Angolan President João Lourenco, inviting him to Canada and announcing progress in their economic negotiations. Deeper collaboration in mining and...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Michigan Republican candidate breaks with Trump over tariffs on Canada

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers has broken with U.S. President Donald Trump over his trade war with Canada as the Republican faces a tight race in a state hit hard by the tariffs. In a campaign ad posted on social media Wednesday, Rogers said people in Michigan "know that Canada is not our enemy." "We need to end this tariff...

Christopher Ragan, Rachel Samson

Defying Gravity: The Compelling but Challenging Case for Diversifying Canada’s Trade

Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again trade war, trade diversification has been the talk of the town. But for a country like Canada, which has long felt the gravitational pull of the enormous U.S. market, diversifying trade will be no easy feat. It also shouldn’t be the goal in and of itself. As the first part of the IRPP’s new...

Steven Chase

Uncertainty hangs over future of suspended Chinese tariffs on Canadian farm products, seafood

Canadian farm and seafood producers are anxiously hoping for a decision, in the weeks ahead, on whether China will extend temporary tariff rollbacks granted earlier this year during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s diplomatic reset with Beijing. Next month, Mr. Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and take stock of how...

David Baxter

Sidhu, Greer have pull-aside discussion at G20 trade ministers meeting

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu had a pull-aside chat with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Wednesday during the G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee, Sidhu's office says. A "pull aside" is an informal conversation between officials on the sidelines of international meetings. Discussing trade tensions between Canada and the United States on Bloomberg news today, Greer said the administration of...

G20 trade ministers holding second day of meetings in Wisconsin

G20 trade ministers are set to wrap up two days of talks in Wisconsin today. Canada's International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is expected to speak with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, though formal negotiations with the Americans are the responsibility of Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. During the two-day event Sidhu was also to meet with officials from India and...

John Paul Tasker

Trump says 'very bad' Canada is being 'taught a little lesson' as trade action escalates

U.S. President chastises Canadian leaders, says Canada has 'taken advantage' of U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump's war of words with Canada continued Wednesday as he veered off a prepared script at an event marking Hispanic Heritage Month in the States to chastise Canadian leaders for being what he called "very bad." Speaking at the White House, Trump said the U.S...

Dr. Xiaowen Zhang, Dr. Weisu Yu, Philippe Rheault

Beyond De-Risking: China and Canada’s Trade Resilience

Canada’s aim to diversify and grow its exports will inevitably mean a significant focus on building deeper and more beneficial linkages with the Asia-Pacific. In this report, we show that Canada’s diversification challenge cannot be fully solved by merely substituting one large market with many small ones, nor by assuming that supply chains can quickly or easily be re-wired. To...

David Baxter

Trade Minister Sidhu set to speak with U.S. trade rep at G20 meeting in Wisconsin

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is expected to speak with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during the G20 trade ministers' meeting in Wisconsin this week. Sidhu's spokesperson says a specific time and format for that conversation have not been set. Sidhu also has bilateral meetings scheduled for today with the trade ministers for France, Australia and Turkey, and is meeting...

Gabriel Gavin, Camille Gijs

EU and Canada to announce sweeping new partnership pact

From critical raw materials to fighting wildfires, a document obtained by POLITICO reveals a wide-ranging expansion in relations. The EU and Canada will use a landmark summit next month to announce an expansive new partnership, ranging from breaking down digital trade barriers to joint support for Ukraine and investing in fighting wildfires. "The world is rapidly changing with unprecedented geopolitical...

Andrew Coyne

The trade war is no excuse for flights of economic nationalist fancy

These are unusual times. There’s a trade war on, given special intensity by Donald Trump’s threats to use “economic force” to bend Canada to his will. To counter the U.S. administration’s crude attempts to divert capital south of the border, governments across the country are mobilizing resources in ways they might not otherwise contemplate. A sort-of wartime economy, fit for...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Carney says he has no plans to apply further trade pressure as U.S. midterms approach

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he has no plans to apply new trade pressure on the U.S. as Americans prepare for crucial midterm elections that could end Republican control of Congress. Speaking with reporters at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, Carney said Canada has no intention of escalating the trade war, although he noted he never rules...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

LeBlanc says Canada not apologizing as U.S. import bans take effect

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his cross-border trade war Tuesday as his outright bans on imports of certain Canadian goods took effect, putting the brakes on new shipments of most Canadian-made booze, dairy byproducts and some motorcycles. The bans mark the latest escalation of the trade war as the Trump administration seeks to pressure Canada into trade concessions. Canada-U.S. Trade...