Canada’s tariffs are coming for Michigan — and it's not just auto plants that will feel the pain
Analysts say the Canadian package is broader in scope than the U.S. measures it answers
Tracy Moran
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Refunds are on the way for Canadian exporters owed roughly $10 billion from Trump's illegal tariffs
The United States raked in over $160 billion in gross revenue from tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) before the U.S. Supreme Court deemed them illegal in February. Given recent headlines about all the tariffs flying around the globe — Section 122, 301, and 338 tariffs — it's easy to lose sight of where the court-ordered...
'We’re a pawn in a larger game': A legal challenge is likely on Trump’s new tariffs. It may be too late
Canadian-made hockey sticks, liquor and cement share one unfortunate fate: they are among more than 500 products targeted by the White House with 50 per cent duties under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The duties are set to go into effect — unless President Donald Trump changes his mind — on August 19. Last week, U.S. Trade...
Trump administration growing impatient with Canada’s delayed F-35 choice
Washington is signalling growing impatience with Ottawa’s delays on its F-35 purchase and broader defence reset. Article content U.S. defence officials applauded Canada’s 2022 selection of Lockheed Martin’s stealth fighter, and the plan to buy 88 of the U.S.-made jets, but political debate and shifting priorities have left only 30 under contract so far.
Trump goes and a Democrat occupies the White House? Carney still leads, poll says
Many Canadians and Americans have at least one thing in common: They’d like to see someone other than Donald Trump in the White House. In the United States, this bias largely falls along partisan lines, but in Canada, resentment over the president’s “51st state” rhetoric and punishing trade tariffs is held by a majority of people. Polls show that majorities...
The billion-dollar carrot: Why Canada won’t buy Trump’s steel relocation offer
Pay 50 per cent on raw metal shipments — while other industries pay 25 per cent tariffs on the full price of finished goods containing those metals — or move production. That’s the message this month from the United States to Canadian steel and aluminum producers and their downstream supply chains.
As Trump readies forced-labour tariffs, Canada hopes for another reprieve
Canadians are tiring of Donald Trump’s favourite word, “tariffs,” but they may need to brace for even more of them. Last month, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched investigations into 60 economies, including Canada, under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether they have failed to impose and enforce a ban on imports produced with...
Polls show Americans dislike Canada more than ever, and that's bad news for the trade war
Canadians’ affection for the United States tends to rise and fall with whoever’s in the White House. It dropped for president George W. Bush, rose for Barack Obama, and then plunged during Donald Trump’s first term, only to rise again with Joe Biden. In the first year of Trump’s second presidency, however, Canada’s fondness for its southern neighbour has plumbed...
‘Let’s be honest, sometimes it has been quite complicated’: Outgoing Canadian ambassador to US reflects on a tumultuous time
As the first woman to serve as Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman has been described as a powerhouse of a diplomat by business, political, and diplomatic leaders from both sides of the aisle. Before being appointed acting ambassador in 2019 and getting the top job in 2020, Hillman served as deputy ambassador from 2017 to 2019, contributing...
Carney risks provoking Donald Trump with a pivot to China on trade
It’s been nearly a decade since a Canadian prime minister set foot in Beijing. Now, sensing an opportunity, Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in the Chinese capital , where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and attempt to reset Canada-China relations following years of tensions between the two countries. His visit is also meant to...
Canada faces possibility of 'poisonous' concessions to Trump as CUSMA negotiations begin this year
In 2020, then U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer described the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free-trade agreement (CUSMA) as the “new gold standard against which all future trade agreements will be judged,” after the deal he helped put together was passed in the Senate. Six years later, in 2026, CUSMA will be facing scrutiny on its real-world results as the three countries begin renegotiating...
After U.S. outreach, Alberta separatists will head to Latin America to rustle up support for their cause
Could they really break up Canada? In recent months — and as recently as last week — separatists have been wooing the Trump administration for support for an independent Alberta. They plan to continue those discussions with the U.S. State Department, and one Alberta Republican even plans to take the campaign further south, to Latin America, to rustle up support...
Will Carney's energy deal with Alberta give him clout against Trump's tariffs?
With the government’s new energy deal with Alberta, including plans for an oil pipeline to the West Coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney is determined to forge a new export route to gain leverage in trade talks with Washington. But two questions remain: will the plan have any impact on U.S. President Donald Trump and, perhaps more importantly, will the pipeline...
Attention-seeking or a chance to 'plant seeds'?: Why Alberta separatists keep travelling south of the border
Would you rather sip drinks poolside in Palm Beach, Fla., or trudge through the snow of Alberta?
Another Alberta separatist leader is courting U.S. conservatives in Washington and Mar-a-Lago
Another Alberta separatist has travelled south of the border to woo American conservatives. In recent months, members of the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), a separatist organization, have boasted of meetings in Washington, D.C., with senior-level officials from the U.S. administration. Now, the only political party affiliated with Alberta’s independence movement, the Republican Party of Alberta (RPA), is making its own...
Little progress being made in Canada-U.S. trade talks as Carney's focus shifts to Mexico
When it comes to Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, things have been eerily quiet in Washington, D.C. recently. Much of the focus in Washington has been on trade with the United Kingdom and U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic second state visit there this week. The trip promises plenty of royal pageantry that British leaders hope will persuade the American leader to lower...
Trump is bending over backwards to protect American steel — and Canada is paying the price
At a steel plant in Pennsylvania in May, U.S. President Donald Trump promised workers a new era of domestic steel production. “We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,” Trump said, reflecting how he sees steel as the centrepiece of a revitalized American industrial capacity. How would he do it? With...
U.S.-Canada trade talks back underway as Trump’s wish list, from oil to DEI, keeps growing
The reasons Trump might have wanted to derail the negotiations — and what other surprises he might have in store. Trade talks are reportedly continuing between Canada and the U.S., with formal meetings having taken place since U.S. President Donald Trump revealed more threats and demands last week, a source close to the White House said.
How a new Carney-backed pipeline could spoil Trump's plans for Canada's oil
Trump has called for a revival of Keystone XL. He may not appreciate Canada instead building a pipeline that offers Alberta's oil to China.