Canada: Finance minister quits over Trump tariff dispute with PM Trudeau

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…

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…