Everybody is a trade minister in Mark Carney’s Cabinet. Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has ripped up decades of Canadian goodwill toward deeper economic integration with the United States. Nearly every senior minister is now involved in managing the fallout of America’s use of trade as a weapon — a situation the prime ministers office is treating as an...
The Carney government isn't repeating many of the same steps that allowed Canada to come out of the NAFTA renegotiations with a trade deal intact even though the U.S. president can do more damage to the Canadian economy this time around, says Senator Hassan Yussuff.
Negotiations on the future of our trade framework with the Trump administration resume in mid-January. Canadian negotiators will continue to work to renew the continental CUSMA agreement that is the successor to NAFTA. This is the preferred result. But we must also acknowledge that non-renewal is a possible outcome. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has already served notice that the...
Lisa Van Dusen: Senator Boehm, that was quite a year. Between the trade war, Donald Trump’s renewed undermining of multilateralism, and the geopolitical implications of American degradation — I think Trump’s recent National Security Strategy may have summed it up best as a capstone to 2025. How do you see Trump II, Year One? Sen. Peter Boehm: In foreign policy...
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff campaign against Canada -- and the surge in patriotic zeal it inspired -- have been voted The Canadian Press News Story of the Year. Nearly two-thirds of editors and news directors surveyed from media organizations across the country picked the political and economic upheaval caused by Trump's trade war as the most consequential story of...
A mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade kicks into high gear next year as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his campaign to realign global trade and poach key industries from America's closest neighbours. Negotiations on the trade pact, better known as CUSMA, were a stress test for Ottawa during the first Trump administration. The trade talks were tense at...
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff campaign appeared to move at a breakneck pace towards Canada's economy this year. But beyond threats of double-digit tariff rates and sharp pain in manufacturing-heavy industries, a key exemption has allowed the majority Canadian goods to continue to cross the southern border duty-free. Experts who spoke to The Canadian Press warned this saving grace for...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will enter into formal discussions with the United States in January to review their free trade agreement. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office says Internal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will meet with U.S. counterparts to discuss the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal. It comes after Carney met Thursday with provincial leaders to update them on...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade irritants flagged this week by the United States are elements of a "much bigger discussion" about continental trade. Carney said Thursday he also sees "tremendous benefits" for Canada and the United States if they work co-operatively in key economic sectors. Washington's trade representative says a coming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal will hinge...
As Canada prepares to enter its second year navigating the aggressive trade policies of Donald Trump, it’s worth pausing a moment to take stock and remind ourselves of what will and won’t work as the focus shifts to the future of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). While most Canadians would agree that the tariff policies of Donald Trump have created challenges...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says if U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to sit down as soon as this weekend to “hammer out” sectoral deals to ease tariffs hitting certain industries, Canada is “ready,” while conceding the chances of short-term relief for steel, aluminum and lumber sectors is unlikely. Carney said that, given trade talks remain terminated, the federal government anticipates...
U.S. revealing publicly for the first time what Trump expects Prime Minister Mark Carney to do. U.S. President Donald Trump's point-person on trade laid out a series of conditions Wednesday that Canada must meet in order to extend the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) when it comes up for a review next year — revealing publicly for the first time what the...
A mandated review of Canada’s most consequential trade pact is set to take place in the new year, and as much remains unknown about how it will unfold, some are questioning whether the federal government has done the necessary groundwork. The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) mandates a review be held on its sixth anniversary of entry into force. It first...
Henry VIII divorced or executed his wives not because they failed in their duties, but because they could not satisfy his constant quest for personal validation and desire for a male heir. Canada is dealing with a sovereign with a similar outsized ego in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement trade negotiations. U.S. businesses and consumers want the marriage to last. However...
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the door is open for American officials to restart trade talks with Canada, but the next time for direct engagement on trade will likely be when the North American free trade agreement begins its review process next month. "If ever in those conversations there's an opportunity for the Americans to agree to something that...
Trade observers say trade shocks brought on by U.S. President Donald Trump and recent pacts struck by India with other nations have re-awakened hopes for a deal between Ottawa and New Delhi.
Kirsten Hillman's comments come after top U.S. negotiator floated separate deals with Canada, Mexico. Canada's ambassador to the U.S. is downplaying signals from the Trump administration that it's considering breaking up the three-way North American free trade agreement into separate deals with Mexico and Canada. Kirsten Hillman, who also serves as Canada's lead negotiator in trade talks with the U.S....
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing back on the suggestion that the U.S. may be considering pulling out of North America's trilateral free-trade pact. When The Canadian Press asked the prime minister if he was open to separate bilateral trade pacts if the U.S. withdraws, Carney replied, "That's not what they're saying." U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer said in a...
While U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is free to do as it wants with its review of purchasing the F-35, he says the debate is nevertheless irritating. Carney ordered a review of its F-35 purchase back in March, shortly after becoming prime minister, with his then-defence minister saying Carney had done so to...
The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates have suggested they may consider withdrawing from the pact. “We believe, based on our conversations with the Americans, that for...
'Our economic relationship with Canada is very, very different,' says U.S. trade rep Jamieson Greer. U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead trade negotiator says the administration is considering breaking up the three-way free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, moving toward separate deals instead. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday that the Trump administration is keeping all options on the...
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. In a statement posted to social media, Hillman said it's the right time to put in place a team to see through the negotiations on renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. The ambassador said she will remain available to...
Canada’s fertilizer industry says U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of “very severe” tariffs will “jeopardize” North American agricultural supply chains if they’re imposed, warning the U.S. doesn’t have enough potash reserves to replace Canadian imports. Trump said Monday while announcing billions in government aid for American farmers hurting from higher prices — including on fertilizer — that he may tariff...
The federal government is laying the groundwork for a Team Canada trade mission to Mexico next year that may become one of the largest it has ever deployed to a foreign country, says Cameron MacKay, the Canadian ambassador to Mexico. MacKay says hundreds of Canadian businesses have applied to be part of the mission, which is set for February and...
Pete Hoekstra said any deal the U.S. strikes with Canada will include oil, expecting that ‘there would be more oil capacity, production and export opportunities down to the United States.’ The U.S. ambassador to Canada says he is “encouraged” by the energy deal Prime Minister Mark Carney struck with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, saying he believes it will lead to...
Before trade talks abruptly ended in October, Ottawa and Washington were discussing a U.S. proposal that would have lowered tariffs on most Canadian steel exports to the United States while effectively capping the amount of steel heading south across the border. U.S. trade negotiators proposed a tariff-rate quota system that would introduce two tiers of levies based on historical levels...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he may impose “very severe tariffs” on fertilizer from Canada “if we have to” in order to bolster domestic production. Trump made the comment while taking questions from reporters during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers, who have been facing rising costs...
U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year. Trump made several comments about the ongoing trade dispute with Canada as he spoke with reporters outside a gala for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors. He says he has a good relationship with Prime Minister...
Prime Minister Mark Carney met privately Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington, D.C., with no staff in the room. The meeting, which happened at the Kennedy Center following the FIFA World Cup Draw, lasted about 50 minutes. Trump said earlier in the day the three leaders would talk about trade during their meeting...
I wish I could say I told you so. A point I have tried to make over the last year or so is that Donald Trump can only get worse: that however corrupt or incompetent or dictatorial or treasonous or insane he may appear at any given moment, it will inevitably come to be seen as a relative golden age...
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...