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In retaliating against Donald Trump’s tariffs after walking away from the bargaining table, Prime Minister Mark Carney set Canada apart from most of the U.S.’s other trading partners, who hastily agreed to lopsided deals in a bid to appease the mercurial President. He also returned to the hardball strategy Ottawa employed during Mr. Trump’s first term – hitting back at...
Canada and the U.S. have no plans to resume trade talks before Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs take effect on Tuesday, a move likely to provoke even more tariffs from Washington and deepen U.S. President Donald Trump’s continental trade war. One Canadian government official told The Globe and Mail on Friday that there are no negotiations scheduled for the Labour Day long...
The prospective trade deal being negotiated in Washington this week would lower U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian autos from 25 per cent to 15 per cent and preserve an existing exemption for the value of American content, two sources familiar with the negotiations say. However, the deal would not make Canadian and Mexican content in vehicles tariff-free, as...
Canada-U.S. trade talks are down to the wire this week as Ottawa tries to avert punitive new tariffs scheduled to be imposed by the Trump administration on Wednesday. Negotiators were bargaining throughout the weekend, culminating Sunday afternoon with a virtual meeting between Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The two were joined by Canada’s lead...
Canadian officials are weighing a proposal that would see Ottawa accept U.S. auto tariffs in exchange for a reduction on levies for vehicles compliant with USMCA, according to three sources on both sides of the border. The proposal would also maintain an exemption for the value of American content in cars exported from Canada. The Globe and Mail is not...
Canada’s top trade negotiator has warned her American counterparts that if the White House imposes new tariffs on Aug. 19, the move would represent a “cliff” that risks halting negotiations with the U.S. According to five sources briefed on the discussions, Janice Charette delivered the message in a meeting last week with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Four of...
Canada and the U.S. are discussing a prospective deal in which Ottawa would agree to a long list of Trump administration trade demands in exchange for some relief on sectoral tariffs, as talks intensify ahead of another round of threatened American levies. According to three industry sources with knowledge of the negotiations, the two sides have discussed in-depth proposals and...
Trade negotiators are reviving a proposal that would see Canadian steel and aluminum exports subject to a quota system in return for lower U.S. levies on the metals, as the clock ticks down on President Donald Trump’s next round of tariffs. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Janice Charette, Canada’s chief negotiator, jetted to Washington on Tuesday for the second...
Prime Minister Mark Carney ruled out restricting Canada’s energy supply to the U.S. as a bargaining chip in trade talks aimed at getting President Donald Trump to end his trade war on the country. Speaking to reporters in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, Mr. Carney said “I don’t see the value” in putting energy, including Alberta’s oil, on the table...
The White House had voiced complaints about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Washington reception with Ross Perot Jr., board chair at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, before it was abruptly cancelled, according to two American industry sources. The reception, which was scheduled for Monday, was one of the most high-profile events that Mr. Ford was set to attend during his two-day...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiating team is demanding that all North American-made autos contain at least 50 per cent U.S. content, firing the opening salvo in a battle over the future of the pact governing continental trade. American and Mexican negotiators hunkered down in Mexico City this week to start a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and the U.S. announced...
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his tariff policy and said it has been effective at persuading companies to leave Canada for the United States, a day ahead of a White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney where the two leaders are expected to discuss trade. Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, celebrated his protectionist...
Mark Carney heads to Washington Monday, with his government setting expectations low for talks on tariffs and security with Donald Trump, even as damage mounts from the U.S. President’s protectionist levies. Two senior government officials said not to expect any breakthroughs at the Tuesday White House meeting and emphasized that this will just be a working visit. One U.S. industry...
The Canadian government is still aiming to get all of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs lifted as part of a deal with the White House later this month, Ottawa’s ambassador in Washington says. Kirsten Hillman, who is also Canada’s chief negotiator in the talks, told The Globe and Mail on Tuesday that she remained confident the country can get the...
U.S. President Donald Trump says it’s “highly unlikely” he would resort to military force to annex Canada but is adamant that the border separating it from the United States is “an artificial line” that prevents the two territories from forming a “beautiful country.” Speaking to NBC just days before his first in-person meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mr. Trump...
Canada is not ruling out sidelining Mexico in future trade talks with the United States, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland saying the federal government shares Donald Trump’s “grave concerns” that China is using the southernmost North American country as a back door for trade access. Ottawa’s priority is the bilateral relationship with the United States, Ms. Freeland said. “At...
