US-Canada Trade Tensions Escalate

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro tore into Canada on Friday over the escalating trade war with the U.S., accusing the longtime ally of negotiating in bad faith after backing out of last week’s talks. “They will stab you in the back,” Navarro said during an appearance on NewsNation's "The Hill

The current trade war could prompt a real rupture in the two countries' military ties and the trust that binds their forces.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled on Friday the Federal Reserve is not ruling out an interest rate hike as inflation remains too high. "We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do," Warsh said in a

Mark Carney accused Trump of wanting to "destroy" Canada's auto industry, and said he would only resume trade talks if the US comes with the "right attitude".

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said the U.S. attacked Toronto with tariffs, escalating a trade war that will impact residents on both sides of the border. “In recent days, the United States proposed new terms that were un-economic, unfair, and undermined the net benefits for Canada an

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Canada has retaliated against President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs with "dollar for dollar" duties on U.S. goods, which are set to take effect next week.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday said that the Trump administration would not “just sit down and take” further retaliation from Canada after Ottawa introduced a dollar-for-dollar match on tariffs.  “If there's further retaliation from the Canadian side, we, of course, we're not

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went after U.S. officials on Monday amid trade tensions between the two countries, suggesting "the Americans stop doing memes." “When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussion

It is hoped that coordinated action minimises the blowback to any one country from Israel or America, our political editor writes.

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Canada is on guard Tuesday, bracing for the possibility that 50 percent U.S. tariffs will hit its exports to the United States without a trade truce before midnight. If no 11th-hour deal is struck between the U.S. and Canada, Trump has threatened to impose 50 percent tariffs on a plethora of Canadia

Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products as high as 50 percent Tuesday, just days after the collapse of negotiations between the two countries. Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champage said Canada will match the U.S.’s tariffs “dollar for dollar, rate for rat

Ontario Premier Doug Ford dismissed President Trump’s Tuesday threat to rename a Canadian lake in honor of the U.S., a day after the pair publicly exchanged insults amid an escalating trade fight between the two countries. “I think it’s a lot of rhetoric,” Ford told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, noting Canad

The president has decided to escalate his trade war with our northern neighbor, amidst a real war with Iran and skyrocketing costs at home

Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly rebuffed President Trump's warning to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" on Tuesday amid his trade war with Canada, saying Canadians will "always call it Lake Ontario." "We're proud of our Great Lakes," Joy told reporters during a Tuesday press conference.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Republicans are “secretly cheering” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney amid tension between Washington and Ottawa over trade. “I can't imagine that even in the Republican cloakroom in the Senate, there's much enthusiasm for going into a tra

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President Donald Trump says he expects Ottawa to concede to its demands on trade in the coming weeks, but Canadian officials insist they won't sign a bad deal.

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Trump retaliated against Canada's counter-tariffs on $20bn worth of US imports by banning $1bn of Canadian goods.

It is the latest escalation in a trade war between the two countries, and comes as Canadian retaliatory tariffs on US goods come into force.