Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t planning to discuss trade with US President Donald Trump when they meet for the FIFA 2026 World Cup event on Friday, even though talks have been stalled for more than a month.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington as trade negotiations between Canada and the United States remain on pause. The Prime Minister's Office said Carney will meet with Trump at the Kennedy Center, where the event is being held, and the meeting is expected to...
President DONALD TRUMP is flirting with Canada’s worst-case scenario — setting the wheels in motion for the U.S. to pull out of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Canadian officials lower expectations around trade developments ahead of Mark Carney’s brief visit to D.C. When Prime Minister Mark Carney touches down in Washington on Friday morning, Canadian officials say this brief visit is all about celebrating FIFA soccer. Really, they insist. Expectations for any sort of breakthrough that could see trade talks with the U.S. resume are low. At...
With hearings underway in Washington regarding the future of the CUSMA, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade representative has signaled that the administration might withdraw completely unless it secures a “good deal.” To rattle our cages further, Trump recently reiterated his tired accusation that Canada and Mexico have taken advantage of the United States like just about every other country, threatening...
Canada needs to be prepared for the risk the United States may announce its withdrawal from the trilateral USMCA trade deal as a negotiating tactic, according to a legal expert who is testifying on the agreement at public hearings in Washington this week. Barry Appleton, a Toronto lawyer who is co-director of the Center for International Law at New York...
Algoma Steel received $500 million in government loans to protect it from U.S. tariffs. Algoma Steel says it has issued 1,000 layoff notices to workers at its plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. "As part of the closure of its blast furnace and coke making operations, Algoma has made the difficult decision to issue approximately 1,000 layoff notices today, effective...
Manufacturers praise Trump for signing agreement in his first term, urge him to preserve it. As Canada’s trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico faces a crucial review, many U.S. industries are urging the Trump administration to preserve the agreement and to stop putting tariffs on imports from its northern and southern neighbours. Public hearings are scheduled this week in...
Expectations were high as trade ministers of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP) gathered in Melbourne, Australia, in late November 2025, during what has been an unprecedented year for global trade. U.S. President Trump’s tariff spree has shaken the foundations of the multilateral trade order. China’s newly tightened export controls on critical minerals have threatened to grind global...
When all this is over — when the United States elects a president who doesn’t dump on Canada, when the U.S. ambassador is not a thug, when Canadians at the border no longer fear being treated like convicts, when Washington doesn’t demean our sovereignty, when tariffs aren’t capricious punishments meted out at 3 a.m. to redress imagined grievances — we...
Canada and India are putting the finishing touches on a deal to supply New Delhi with uranium in another signal of warming relations after a two-year diplomatic rupture. The export deal would be worth about US$2.8-billion, two sources familiar with the negotiations say, and its term could run for 10 years, according to one of the same sources.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he believes there is a “way forward” for Canada and China to resolve its trade dispute, as both countries work to recalibrate relations. “There is a path for us to negotiate our way forward,” Moe said in an interview with CTV Power Play on Monday. “I have confidence that the federal government is finding their...
Trade talks between the US and Canada remain stalled, and there’s an emerging belief in both governments that key issues will be rolled into next year’s broader review of the North American trade accord, people familiar with the matter said. There have been no negotiations since US President Donald Trump’s Oct. 23 social media post that halted them, the people...
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts...
So, what happened to the “elbows up” defiance of the U.S. that Mark Carney promised? It’s been about 10 months since U.S. President Donald Trump declared economic war on Canada, and there has been no progress in ending the debacle.
“You do not come into America and start government-funded political ads and expect that there (won’t) be consequences or reaction.” On this, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is right.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 2010. "The two leaders agreed to formally launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement," Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press at the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in no hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will speak again with the president "when it's appropriate," Carney said on Sunday. Carney said he expects to speak with Trump sometime in the next two weeks but otherwise stands ready for when the Americans next knock on Canada's door to return...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg this weekend carries weight despite a boycott by President Donald Trump’s administration. South Africa, the G-20 host this year, defied the US by releasing a declaration from the...
The prime ministers of Canada and India have agreed to launch negotiations towards a new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), according to a senior government official. Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian President Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The two countries – who are in the midst of a reset of a strained relationship...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa and South Africa have agreed to launch discussions for an investment-protection pact, focused on clean energy and minerals. Carney is at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, where he says Canada wants to get more private-sector engagement between both countries, including in the responsible sourcing of critical minerals. His comments come days after South Africa's...
Ontario’s representative in Washington says he’s signed his Christmas card to U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, and hopes the two are moving forward after an altercation last month. “I’ve met Ambassador Hoekstra several times, I actually kind of like the guy,” David Paterson told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday. “He’s different.” “I’ve had...
The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says the infamous ad that upset U.S. President Donald Trump and ostensibly pushed him to halt trade talks with Canada hasn’t prevented him from having productive meetings. David Paterson told CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton that the Ontario government-backed advertisement — featuring clips of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about...
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he's witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu told The Canadian Press that in more than a decade working in the private sector as a customs broker, the focus for private firms was always getting goods into the...
Across the vast sweep of the American economy, airlines, appliance manufacturers, vintners, parcel companies, restaurateurs, cattlemen, miners and tiremakers have joined to petition the Donald Trump administration to uphold North American free trade. In mid-September, the U.S. Trade Representative launched a consultation process on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, opening an online portal for public comment ahead of a joint review of...
PM looking at raising funds, pushing critical minerals, promoting ad hoc groups: official. Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to South Africa on Friday for the G20 where there could be more space on the sidelines to advance trade talks with other countries because U.S. President Donald Trump isn't attending. A senior Canadian official told CBC News that in Johannesburg...
U.S. envoy says Canada needs to 'seriously consider' its approach. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra continued to lash out against the ad campaign that infuriated his president and abruptly ended trade negotiations while on stage in Ottawa Wednesday, accusing Canada of interfering in “electoral politics” south of the border. He suggested that the timing of the ad amounted to...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Johannesburg for the G20 summit, Canada and South Africa are talking about a deal to boost bilateral trade and investment that could see more South African wine on Canadian shelves in exchange for gas exports. "We are pursuing a strategic partnership with Canada," South African High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik told The Canadian Press...
6 in 10 Canadians think that the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement will be renewed with major changes (37%) or minor changes (23%). Meanwhile, three in ten (30%) Canadians think that it will not be renewed. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,045 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between October 27th...
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in the Niagara region this week to discuss global crises -- but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she did not broach stalled trade negotiations between Ottawa and the United States. Anand and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on the margins of the summit Wednesday, where they spoke about...
U.S. President Donald Trump's key tool for deploying tariffs will face a critical legal test in the Supreme Court on Wednesday -- one which could upend his plans to realign global trade. In a post on social media, Trump called the hearing "one of the most important in the History of the Country." The top U.S. court will hear from...
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province won't be running a series of anti-tariff advertisements for the American public on its own. Eby, speaking alongside Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, says the shift in strategy is to ensure communications with U.S. authorities are aligned with federal officials as they discuss softwood lumber tariffs from the United...
Liberals promised to raise $20B through levies on U.S. goods this fiscal year. Canada had collected more than $3 billion through U.S. counter-tariffs before removing a swath of levies in September, according to the Finance Department — a fraction of what the Liberals had promised to rake in during the current fiscal year. The Liberals’ spring election platform estimated that...
Politicians from B.C. and Ottawa will meet in Vancouver today for a forestry summit on how to prop up the industry in the face of American fees and tariffs topping 50 per cent. Federal politicians including Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, along with B.C. Premier David Eby and his forests and jobs ministers, are set to discuss...
Donald Trump's tariff agenda is set to face a major legal hurdle in the U.S. Supreme Court this week but no matter the ruling, it will not spare Canada from all of the president's devastating duties. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday from businesses and states that say Trump's use of a national security statute -- the International...
After Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping met face-to-face in South Korea, China’s ambassador to Canada is suggesting the two countries “triple” trade with one another if the market allows. “I think it depends on the market, on the products. Is there enough competitiveness or not,” Ambassador Wang Di said in an interview with CTV’s Power Play...
As if there isn't enough going on with trade talks broken down with the U.S., new trade possibilities with China, and a crucial budget set for Tuesday, Canadians could be facing an election within a week. And then there's the case of "Profanity Pete" the US Ambassador to Canada. Let's get some analysis with Bruce Anderson and Chantal Hebert as...
As if the Toronto Blue Jays weren’t providing enough drama this October, even the commercial breaks in the World Series have caused the political and economic equivalent of dirt-kicking at the plate. This, after the Ontario government followed through with running an ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan espousing views of tariffs in contradiction to those of current President Donald...
Premiers from across the country are pressing Prime Minister Mark Carney for a meeting to update them on the status of trade talks with the United States, saying the public needs more information about the federal government’s plan. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Ontario Premier Doug Ford say it’s time for the Prime Minister to hold a First Ministers’ meeting...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first trip to the Indo-Pacific was deliberately ambitious. In just over a week, he spoke at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, joined APEC leaders in South Korea, made a bilateral stop in Singapore, held a rapid-fire series of pull-asides with key regional leaders, and held his first meeting as Prime Minister with Chinese President Xi...
The 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26-28, showcased both the bloc’s diplomatic strengths and its strategic vulnerabilities. U.S. President Donald Trump’s attendance dominated the proceedings, and featured the signing of legally binding trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia, framework arrangements with Thailand and Vietnam, and memoranda of understanding...
In early October, Premier Doug Ford sat and stared at the giant floating head of Howard Lutnick as the U.S. commerce secretary explained that Canada won’t be allowed to keep its automotive manufacturing industry. Lutnick was addressing the crowd virtually, and Doug Ford was sitting in the front row. “America is first, and Canada can be second,” Lutnick declared...
Canada's ambassador to the United States said her team in Washington has continued to communicate with American officials since President Donald Trump said he was terminating trade talks. "I have had exchanges here with a number of my contacts in the administration. My team has also been having contacts," said Kirsten Hillman, who appeared by video in front of the...