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Against the backdrop of U.S. tariffs battering local automakers, uncertainty linked to upcoming trade talks and the “incursion” of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, the union representing nearly 19,000 Canadian auto workers says it’s bracing for the most significant labour negotiations in its history. Talks between Unifor and the Detroit …

As electric vehicles make their way here on cargo ships from China, export markets like Canada are becoming ever more crucial to Chinese carmakers during a seismic shift in the global auto industry.  Dozens of those companies are grappling with factors at home that have driven them to focus on …

Politicians and auto industry groups in the U.S. and Canada have upped their criticism of Mexico, expressing concern that the country is becoming a haven for Chinese automakers trying to circumvent North American tariffs on its products. Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested this month that Mexico be kicked out of the Canada-United …

Canadian autoworkers say negotiations with the Big Three automakers — Ford, Stellantis and General Motors — have entered a “most crucial time” with just days until a strike deadline. Their U.S. counterparts were poised to walk off the job Thursday night. Unifor president Lana Payne said on Thursday that talks …