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Red, white and bruised: World braces for battery of Trump tariffs on Wednesday
After spending more than two years teasing of tariffs, Wednesday is the big reveal: the day President Donald Trump unveils the full scope of his protectionist trade policy. From Wall Street, to Windsor, to a wary Washington, the world will be watching.
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Major Canada-U.S. talks are coming — here's what's in play
Canada’s prime minister, whoever that is in a few weeks, is about to walk straight into a historic crossroads. We’ve learned the next government will start wide-ranging talks on a new economic and security arrangement with the U.S. It could lead to drastically different results.
Trump going ahead with 25% tariffs on autos
U.S. President Donald Trump is dealing another tariff blow to Canada, signing an executive order on Wednesday that will hit all non-U.S.-made autos with hefty import levies.
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U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump has done these things in the past few days.
Trump's next target? Canada's go-to think-tank in Washington
The Wilson Center is a longstanding destination of choice for Canadian newsmakers visiting Washington, with its Canada Institute providing a venue for news conferences, and discussions, just over a block from the White House. It's now on the list of organizations slated for gutting.
'Canada is a sovereign state': Trump's ambassador pick distances himself from annexation talk
The man with the delicate task of representing U.S. President Donald Trump in Canada has offered an indication of how he plans to handle it. At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra steered clear of annexation talk.
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Nervous Googling: Searches for 'recession' and 'tariff' surge as U.S. mood sours
Signs are mounting of U.S. unease with President Donald Trump’s North American trade war and it’s surfacing in various places, from economic data, to grumbling businesses, to media coverage, and in tense exchanges at the White House. Some ask: Is there a plan here?
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Trade war truce? Not so fast. Trump has Canada's auto sector in his sights
One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back tariffs, but his biggest target is now coming into focus. And it's bad news if you're one of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians with a job connected to the auto sector.
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Trump defends his trade war. But an ally hints at de-escalation
On the day he launched a trade war, U.S. President Donald Trump defended tariffs in a speech to Congress and prepared his nation for a period of upheaval. He did not sound like a man looking to de-escalate. But away from the televised stage, a senior member of his team was working the phones.
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Trump's tariffs roil U.S. markets. And that's the reaction that matters
Canada can huff, and puff, but if anything's going to blow down Donald Trump's house of tariffs it's going to be the reaction within the United States. The pushback has begun within the economy. The next will be in the legal system.