Trump and his whooshing deadlines
Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Carney’s trade talks demand transparency
Shifting deadlines may require discretion, but that’s no excuse to shield national decisions from democratic oversight and public scrutiny.
Feds keep elbows in motion, but not necessarily always up
The prime minister is playing defence, by making sure that tariff-affected industries have cushions in place to protect Canadian jobs. Various ministers are travelling the world to reinforce relationships that may prove crucial in the trade war with Trump. But time is also on our side.
Carney will need to prove he can actually stand up to Trump, he campaigned on it
The United States holds tremendous economic leverage over us. For now, Canada is protected by the existing North American trade agreement and most of our exports to the U.S. are tariff-exempt. But the agreement will soon be renegotiated and that’s when the U.S. will apply real pressure.
Canada ‘should not relent’ in trade talks, say industry reps who say auto sector needs zero tariffs
No level of tariff is good for Canadian prospects and jobs in the automotive sector, according to Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association of Canada and a member of the prime minister’s Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.
Ford’s blunt talk is refreshing
Canadian political leaders will have to stand up and fight back with diplomacy, gold-plated negotiating skills, wily charm, facts, and sometimes, they will need to speak bluntly for all to hear, like Ford, because sucking up doesn’t appear to be helping either. If this is a good-cop-bad-cop strategy, Ford’s doing the bad cop well.
U.S. trade approach ‘changes the rules of the game,’ with canola sector leading economic lobbying in first six months of 2025
Troy Sherman, with the Canola Council of Canada, told The Hill Times that changes to global trade caused by U.S. President Donald Trump is requiring exporters to throw out the old playbook and rethink their approach to trade: ‘we’re seeing a fast-changing geopolitical landscape.’
Former Conservative trade minister eyes expanded Canada-U.S. pact for added negotiating leverage
Architects of a plan to expand bilateral negotiations with the U.S. say that Canada cannot replace the American market through diversification.
Trump’s tariffs are a collision with economic reality
An often-overlooked aspect of protective tariffs is that returning manufacturing to the U.S. will inevitably raise the cost of consumer goods and burden domestic manufacturers.
Feds mum on timing of crucial North American trade pact meeting anticipated to ‘set the stage’ for 2026 review
The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement Free Trade Commission meeting was initially anticipated for ‘mid-2025,’ according to an internal memo, but Canada’s foreign ministry isn’t providing a date for when it will occur.
