Paul Vieira

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Paul Vieira

Trump Envoy Accuses Canada of New Trade Barriers With Streaming Revamp

Remarks from U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra add to harshly critical statements from lobby groups representing Hollywood and tech companies. President Trump’s chief envoy in Ottawa accused Canadian authorities on Friday of imposing new trade barriers by sharply increasing how much the big, U.S.-based online streaming companies must contribute financially to Canadian television programming. The remarks from Pete Hoekstra, the U.S...

Paul Vieira

Mexico Overtakes Canada as No. 1 Destination For U.S. Exports

Last year the U.S. shipped $337.9 billion in goods to Mexico, or 15.5% of total American exports

Paul Vieira

Canada’s Carney Ditches ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ Approach to Trump

In cutting China deal and deriding economic coercion, prime minister opts for ‘hardball’ approach as crucial trade talks loom

Paul Vieira

U.S.’s Bessent, Canada’s Champagne to Meet on G7 Sidelines With Tariff Talk Likely

Tariffs have roiled the relationship between the neighboring countries for months

Vipal Monga, Paul Vieira

How Canada’s Trump-Style Candidate Blew a 20-Point Polling Lead

Pierre Poilievre’s populist message was resonating until Trump’s antagonism pushed Canadians toward a former central banker

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Canada Enacts Digital-Services Tax Amid Risks of U.S. Trade Retaliation

Canada authorized the implementation of a digital-services tax, a move that threatens to trigger trade retaliation from Congress and the Biden administration. A notice published late Wednesday indicated that the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ordered the digital-services tax to be implemented June 28, or last Friday.

Paul Vieira

Canada Fights for Economic Security in Pre-Election U.S. Campaign

Canadian officials are delivering a unified message for U.S. leaders: The country can help drive America’s economy higher as long as Canada maintains duty-free access to the world’s largest economy after November’s election. Three officials — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Trade Minister Mary Ng and Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman — have crisscrossed the U.S. in recent months...

Paul Vieira

Canada Targets 12 Foreign Grocers to Lure to Food-Retailing Market

Canada’s industry minister is weighing a list of a dozen foreign grocery companies—from the U.S., Germany, Turkey and Portugal, among others—to potentially lure to the country in a bid to increase competition in the domestic food-retailing sector. Since the fall, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has criticized Canada’s three biggest grocery companies—Loblaw, Metro and Empire—for failing to be transparent on the...

Paul Vieira

Guns and Death Threats Spur Canada to Reel in Baby-Eel Fishing

Back in 1996, Louis MacDonald was among the first fishermen to acquire a license from Canada to catch baby eels. Over the decades, he has hired 20 people to catch and ship them to East Asia, where they are raised to maturity and demand is strongest for the crunchy Japanese-inspired grilled eel filets known as unagi. This year, MacDonald won’t...

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Audio Streamers Warn of Higher Canada Subscription Fees Due to Pending Rules

Canadians could face higher monthly bills from Spotify, Apple, Amazon.com and other audio-streaming services under a government proposal that would require the companies to make annual financial contributions to the country’s artists.

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Canada Warned Skilled-Trades Shortage Poses Headwind to Home Building

Canada’s bid to kickstart the construction of millions of houses to address an affordability crisis faces a sizable obstacle: a shortage of workers to build abodes. The warning was conveyed late last year to senior officials at Canada’s finance department in a memo that was obtained by The Wall Street Journal through the country’s access-to-information laws. Among the key concerns...

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Canada Takes $651 Million Write-Down on Trans Mountain Pipeline Project

Canada-owned Trans Mountain, which operates a crude-oil pipeline in western Canada that is under expansion, said Friday that it would take a write-down on the asset because of higher interest rates. Trans Mountain said that it booked a net loss in the third quarter because of a goodwill impairment charge of C$888 million Canadian dollars, or the equivalent of $65...