Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. She…
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USA: Trump tariff threat puts a strain on Canada-Mexico ties
Canada is being accused of throwing Mexico under the bus amid a tariff threat ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. Last week, Trump threatened he…
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USA: PM Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump after tariff threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida to meet Donald Trump as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian media…
Canada: Oil patch rattled by Trump’s tariff threat
In Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta, there is a deep sense of unease over President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian politicians and energy…
Mexico: President Claudia Sheinbaum warns Trump-proposed tariffs to cost 400,000 US jobs
Mexico’s president and economy minister have given the clearest picture yet of how their government will respond to United States President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on the country, which their government has…
Canada: A 25% tariff would be devastating for workers- Doug Ford
Doug Ford – who is premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province – says America imposing a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Canada would be “devastating to workers…
USA: Tariffs are a negotiating tactic – ex-Federal Reserve governor
A former governor of the US Federal Reserve system says he believes US President-elect Donald Trump is using the tariffs as a “negotiating tactic”. Randall Kroszne says Trump’s made clear…
Canada: PM Trudeau speaks to Trump about border
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Donald Trump, after the president-elect announced plans to impose tariffs when he is in the White House. The pair spoke by phone…
USA: Europe and UK spared from Trump tarrifs for now
Trump is using tariffs as a weapon of diplomacy, even coercion on topics entirely unrelated to global trade. Are the leaders of G20 nations with their own domestic audiences really…