The United States and its biggest trading partners were hurtling on Sunday into a new era of protectionism as Canada, Mexico and China said they would adopt countermeasures against new tariffs levied by President Trump. From honey to tomatoes, and from clothes to toilet bowls, a wide range of American goods that cross the border…
A day after the Donald Trump administration in the United States imposed a hefty 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on people to choose Canadian-made products as Ottawa takes retaliatory measures. “Now is the time to choose products made right here in Canada. Check the labels. Let’s do…
President Trump on Saturday signed executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs on the country’s three largest trading partners, a move that risks unleashing a damaging trade war. Trade wars were a feature of Mr. Trump’s first term in the White House, too. But his latest tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, which are set to take…
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday rejected a report by the Canadian Commission alleging the interference of the Indian government in Canada’s elections. The ministry of external affairs accused Canada of “consistently interfering in India’s internal affairs” and said that this has created an environment for illegal migration and organized criminal activities. “We have seen a…
When Justin Trudeau became Canada’s prime minister in 2015, his relentless promise to improve life for the middle class resonated so strongly with Shivaan Burke that she went to work for the local Liberal member of Parliament, who was elected along with Mr. Trudeau. But a decade later, as Mr. Trudeau prepares to leave office…
Since 1988, the hulking presses at Lanex Manufacturing on the edge of Windsor, Ontario, have been stamping out door strikers, folding-seat latches, tailpipe hangers, frame braces and other prosaic bits of metal that make their way into vehicles ranging from Corvettes to Honda minivans. But, these days, worries about the future permeate the plant as…
Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, whose sudden resignation in December helped set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down, said on Friday that she was running to replace him. She posted her announcement on X with a six-word sentence: “I’m running to fight for Canada.” Ms. Freeland, 56, once…
Mark Carney, one of the world’s most prominent central bankers and an evangelist of green investment, announced on Thursday that he was running to be leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s next prime minister. If he wins, he would lead the party into national elections this year. “I’m here to ask for your…
The Canadian government is preparing billions of dollars in retaliatory measures on U.S. exports to Canada if President-elect Donald J. Trump makes good on a threat to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, setting up a potential showdown between two countries that are each other’s largest trading partners. Canada is assembling a list of measures, including…
Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), has called Donald Trump a “threat to Canada” and proposed halting the export of critical minerals to the United States in response to the US President-elect tariff threats. Singh’s comments, made at a press briefing Monday, come as tensions between the two nations rise….