USA: Trump halts plan for 50% steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada

Donald Trump has halted a plan to double US tariffs on Canadian steel and metal imports to 50%, just hours after first threatening them. Tariffs of 25% still went ahead…

USA: Trump doubles planned tariffs on Canadian metal

US President Donald Trump has said he will double the tariffs he previously announced on Canadian steel and aluminium imports into the US, taking the levies to 50% in total.…

Canada: Ontario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity

Ontario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricityOntario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricityCanada’s most populous province Ontario is slapping a retaliatory 25%…

Canada: PM Mark Carney talks tough on Trump threat

Mark Carney’s thumping victory in the race to succeed Justin Trudeau makes him not only leader of the Liberal Party but, by default, the next Canadian prime minister. It’s an…

Canada: New PM Mark Carney vows to win trade war with Trump

Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister, vowing to win the trade war with the US and President Donald Trump. The former governor…

Canada: The ‘anti-Trump’ numbers man who may force the UK to take a side

Mark Carney’s elevation to the top job in Canada is of particular significance at this moment when his country is at the frontline of a North American trade war. He…

UK: Woman aims to be first to complete solo Canadian trek

A British adventurer is aiming to become the first woman to solo travel across Canada’s Baffin Island. Battling temperatures as low as -40C, Camilla Hempleman-Adams, 32 and originally from Wiltshire,…

Canada: Britain’s former top banker eyes Trudeau’s job

The former Bank of England boss, Mark Carney, is seen as the most likely successor to Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party. Does he have what it…

Canada: Three suspects at large after 12 injured in Toronto pub shooting

Three suspects are still at large after 12 people were injured in a shooting at a pub in Toronto, police in the Canadian city say. The shooting took place at…

Americas: US and Canada trade barbs, it’s so far so good for Mexico’s Sheinbaum

In announcing the decision to postpone some tariffs on Mexico for another month, US President Donald Trump was at pains to praise his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I did this…