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Quebec Premier François Legault is warning that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs would hurt not only the Canadian economy — but the U.S. economy as well. In an op-ed Wednesday in the U.S. publication The Hill, Legault made the case that tariffs on Canadian imports would hurt “the American economy, …

For the first time since U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened hefty tariffs on Canadian goods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his argument against the import taxes directly to the American public. Trudeau told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Thursday afternoon that a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian …

Fears are intensifying that Donald Trump’s tariff threat will become a reality for Canada.  Officials around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are increasingly worried that the U.S. president-elect’s mind is made up, and that he will make good on his threat to impose a 25 per cent levy on all Canadian imports the …

Tariffs are a hot topic these days. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he’s a “big believer in tariffs,” and has threatened a 25 per cent tariff on products from Canada and Mexico unless they curb the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.  Trump says tariffs are a “a …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped president-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could “screw up” relationships with close allies. “I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Mass., where he is spending the Thanksgiving Day …

Will Canada escape the potentially economy-smashing tariffs threatened by Donald Trump? If you can’t answer that question, congratulations, you’re in good company. It’s the multibillion-dollar enigma on the minds of some of the best-connected people in North America’s capitals. Trump has threatened a 25 per cent tariff on every product entering from …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s agreed to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts after Donald Trump threatened to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian goods. The U.S. president-elect said Monday night that on his first day back in the White House, he would impose a 25 per cent tax …

As Canadian officials brace for president-elect Donald Trump to impose punishing global tariffs, a Republican senator from Idaho says he thinks the current North American free trade pact will protect Canada from those tariffs. In an interview with CBC’s The House, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch said that “Republicans generally are free …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada is set to introduce higher tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and Chinese steel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Halifax on Monday. Speaking at the Liberal cabinet retreat,  Trudeau said, “Shortly, we will be introducing a 100 per cent tariff …

Canada is weighing whether to slap tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles to stop cheap EVs from flooding the market. But Ottawa – which has pumped billions of dollars worth of subsidies into the Canadian EV industry – says its concerns are not only economic. “We’re also looking at the national …