Canada's envoy to the European Union says Brussels removed language about ratifying the decade-old trade deal from a joint statement issued at the end of the summit in Montreal last week. Jonathan Wilkinson made the comment today at the Senate foreign-affairs committee, confirming media reports the EU had the phrasing removed. Canada and the EU signed a new alliance pa
There is no sugarcoating the results of the midterm elections in the United States for President Donald Trump and his administration. This was an astonishing and vast repudiation of the president. When Republicans lose in South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and Georgia solidifies as a blue state, it is impossible not to affirm that a judgment has...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says sweeping Democrat wins in the U.S. midterm elections prove her province was on the right path in the cross-border trade war. "It is a vindication of our approach when it comes to tariffs," Smith told the house during question period Wednesday. "We always have objected to tariffs. W
Beijing and Ottawa are extending a January agreement to provide Chinese market access to Canadian imports in exchange for Canadian market access for Chinese steel and aluminum. The news comes as one of China's most important officials prepares to visit Vancouver and Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to return to China later this month. In March, China dropped tariffs on...
Canada-U.S. trade minister says strategy unchanged after Republican midterm losses. A senior Democrat says his party will work to end U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on allies, including Canada, when it takes control of Congress next year. "We want to have free and fair trade with Canada like the rest of the world. So that's going to be very much...
The Liberal government's push to diversify trade won't change direction now that Democrats are preparing to take control of both houses of Congress following Tuesday's midterm elections, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday. LeBlanc said recent talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration have been productive and he looks forward to speaking more with his American counterparts in the...
Deal means tariffs on agricultural and seafood products paused until end of 2028. The federal government announced on Wednesday that China will extend its soon-to-expire tariff-free treatment for some Canadian agricultural and seafood products for another two years. After Prime Minister Mark Carney's January trip to Beijing, China struck a deal with Ottawa that saw it pause its 100 per...
Political watchers in Atlantic Canada say the Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory in the United States likely won't provide immediate relief from tariffs. The trade war with Canada became a ballot-box issue in several races in states along the border. In Maine, which borders New Brunswick and Quebec, Democrat Troy Jackson unseated long-standing incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins.
President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has been privately urging him to resolve a sweeping tariff fight with Canada, as both sides inch back to the negotiating table. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is eager to lower the temperature between the two countries and has been pushing Trump to return to negotiations, said three people with knowledge of his approach...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says "more intense" trade negotiations with the United States have started since his call with President Donald Trump last weekend. "We've made progress but we haven't finished," Carney told reporters Tuesday in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Carney said some of Canada's "red lines" have been taken off the table, including language, culture and Canada's ability...
Canada and the Caribbean have barely begun to realize what's possible in their trading relationship, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a working breakfast of Commonwealth leaders Tuesday. "There's more than a million people in Canada who trace their roots back to the region," Carney told the assembled leaders before attending the opening of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose last-minute demands led to trade talks breaking down in August, has become the behind-the-scenes “driving force” pushing Canada and the U.S. to re-engage on a deal, multiple sources tell CTV News. Sources in both countries say Lutnick initiated the re-engagement just over 10 days ago, after months of stasis, and has centred talks around...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had a "good conversation" with U.S. President Donald Trump on the future of trade between the two countries. Carney says in a social media post today that the conversation builds on previous ones they have had about what a mutually beneficial trade deal looks like. He says such a deal would create jobs for...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for closer diplomatic co-operation between middle powers heads to a new venue this week, as he departs later Monday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, hosted this year by Antigua and Barbuda. The timing for this year's talks is extraordinary.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada and the United States have "the concept of a very good deal." Speaking to reporters in Iowa on Sunday, Trump said the countries were "very close" to reaching a trade deal. "We've been losing money for many years with Canada," he said. "We have the concept of a deal that's going to be great...
As Canada-U.S. trade talks intensify, the federal government is pushing ahead with efforts to diversify Canada’s trading relationships and attract foreign investment, with a series of international meetings and trade initiatives planned in the coming weeks, and several others that have already happened. This week, Canada and the United Arab Emirates launched a new strategic partnership. “A comprehensive economic partnership...
Bourbon is a way of life in Bardstown, Ky. The town of more than 13,000 people, located about an hour from Louisville, is known as the bourbon capital of the world. Kentucky distillers were hit hard in March 2025 when Canadian provinces pulled American alcohol and spirits off the shelves in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Most still...
Ottawa is drawing inspiration from the North American Free Trade Agreement as it works to develop a new alliance with the European Union, Industry Minister Melanie Joly says. Joly told The Canadian Press that Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico fostered industrial integration that has worked effectively in North America for decades. The minister said the accord...
A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official said Wednesday. The next steps in that alliance are expected to be finalized and announced Thursday and Friday, during the Canada-EU Summit in Montreal. In a briefing for reporters ahead of the...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not yet in a position to reach a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, even with the congressional midterms just days away. On his way into the weekly Liberal national caucus meeting on Parliament Hill today, Carney said Ottawa is prepared to make a deal only when it suits Canadians' interests...
A Canadian official says there has been "limited progress" made in recent trade talks with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday acknowledged talks had intensified slightly in recent days and President Donald Trump and his officials have suggested a deal could be possible before next week midterm elections in the United States. But a Canadian government official...
Canada and the United Arab Emirates signed a free trade deal on Tuesday they say was reached in a "record" time of 47 days, and have also agreed to start talks on an extradition treaty. The trade deal was one of a handful of trade and infrastructure agreements signed during the crown prince of Abu Dhabi's visit to Ottawa on...
If you ask Georgia cattle farmer Scott Craig about who has been impacted by the trade war and what costs have gone up, he’ll tell you just about everyone and everything, especially in agriculture. “I classify [it] as our three F’s. The fuel, the feed and the fertilizer.” Craig has been a cattle farmer in McDonough, Ga., about an hour...
Amid reporting by CTV News that trade talks between Canada and the U.S. are gaining momentum, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Trump administration is “coming closer to our position.” Carney made the comments during a question-and-answer period with reporters after a meeting between First Nation leaders and First Ministers in Ottawa on Monday. Carney also said, however, he can’t...
Source familiar with discussions tells Radio-Canada 'we are not on the verge of an agreement just yet.' With the U.S.-Canada trade war dominating the final days of the U.S. midterm campaign, trade discussions between the two countries have intensified. But sources tell CBC News and Radio-Canada that doesn't mean a deal is imminent. A source familiar with the discussions told...
U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects his constantly evolving trade war with Canada to end "pretty soon" despite formal trade negotiations not resuming since they fell apart in August. Trump told a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday that Canada had been "ripping off" the U.S. on trade and the U.S. had no choice but to impose levies...
Canada and the U.S. are “very close” to a trade deal, a key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump said, days after the White House imposed new tariffs on Canadian goods and dropped others. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett made the remark during an interview on Fox News Sunday. He said U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had been speaking...
Multiple government and industry sources close to trade discussions between Canada and the United States tell CTV News the momentum of the talks, just recently re-started in earnest, combined with U.S. President Donald Trump’s political vulnerabilities ahead of the midterms leads them to believe there is considerable appetite from the White House to strike a deal with Canada. All the...
India’s High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh K. Patnaik says he is “confident” a trade deal between Canada and India will be reached before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada in December. “We have got most of it worked out. A few nicks here and there. Some legal scrubbing. But I’m extremely confident that we will be able to achieve...
U.S. President Donald Trump is lifting some tariffs on Canadian exports at the end of this month, but adding tariffs to dozens of new products, including Canadian garbage and sewage. As the trade war with Canada becomes a ballot box issue in key races ahead of November's midterm election, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said Friday nine categories of...
Canada and the U.S. are close to a trade deal, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Asked about progress toward a deal with Mexico, Trump said during a scrum with reporters in Washington that his administration is “very close” to a “very good” deal. “The same thing with Canada. Canada’s working very hard to make a deal with us. And...
The move, which could come as soon as Friday, would remove tariffs on some agricultural and forestry goods but could raise levies on other products The U.S. is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, according to people familiar with the...
The Canada—U.S. trading relationship is never going back to what it used to be, and U.S. tariffs are a reality of the future even if the continental trade pact is renewed, says Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s lead trade negotiator Janice Charette. The goal now is to get the lowest tariff rates possible on the widest possible range of goods, she...
Canadian officials haven’t ruled out the possibility of a snap trade deal with the United States ahead of next month’s midterm elections, according to sources with direct knowledge of the talks. Though they cautioned that the hope remains faint.
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum have been a "disaster" for the U.S. economy because they've fuelled inflation and failed to spur the promised growth in those industries, a new think report has found. The Montreal Economic Institute report, to be released Thursday, found that steel and aluminum prices in the U.S. market have soared since Trump...
As U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in American elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, and added when asked specifically that they discussed “issues around trade.” With the highly consequential U.S. midterm elections fast approaching and amid a protracted trade war between the two countries, Canada has yet to reach a...
When Wallace and Harrison McCain decided in the 1960s to export french fries from tiny Florenceville, N.B., they opted to skip the relatively close American market, a mere 17 kilometres away. Instead they looked east, 5,400 kilometres to the United Kingdom, which became their beachhead into Europe and eventual global expansion.
Stalemate drags on as Trump's Jan. 1 auto tariff threat looms. The Canada-U.S. trade war is poised to grind on for the foreseeable future, as sources tell CBC News hope of a deal before the American midterm elections has completely faded. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Canadian government officials have been informing industry groups over the...
Donald Trump has backed down on a threat to ban Bombardier Inc. plane sales in the United States, part of a broader cooling of rhetoric from the U.S. president after tempers flared and tariffs rose amid an earlier escalation in the trade war. Speaking at a campaign rally Monday night, Trump said he's changed his perception of the Montreal-based business...
New agreements with Europe will not build resilience unless SMEs can navigate the rules, finance the move and use the access Mark Carney negotiates.
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said trade talks between Canada and India advanced over the past week as he led a major trade mission to New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. A statement from his office said the mission included representatives from nearly 300 Canadian businesses and exporters, and resulted in 34 commercial agreements worth almost $300 million. It said the...
There’s a term in psychology for people who accuse others of doing what they themselves are guilty of: projection. A chronic liar thinks everyone else lies too. A cheater assumes others must cheat. So pointing a finger comes naturally. Plus it’s a great way to turn the tables and deflect attention from your own sins.
Market access for Canadian fish, seafood and deepening trade relations are key priorities, spokesperson says. Canada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries. As part of an agreement in January, China suspended a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab...