5 d. ago John Ivison: Carney gets caught between China and the U.S. over cars and canola

Trump could see the importation of cheap Chinese EVs into Canada as a backdoor into the U.S. market and impose his own tariff on canola

Transport

8 d. ago Nenshi says Canada must engage with China on canola tariffs but surtax on Chinese EVs outside his ‘pay grade’

Nenshi stressed that Canada needs to engage directly with China's government to resolve the escalating trade war

Economics

8 d. ago Carney unveils new ‘Buy Canadian’ rules for government amid trade war

Friday’s announcement also included a $370 million relief package for canola farmers, who are facing a 75.8 per cent tariff from China.

Politics

9 d. ago Prime Minister Carney sending MP to China to push back against canola tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Parliamentary Secretary will join Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a three day trade mission to China to discuss "trade irritants."

Politics

9 d. ago Carney sending MP Blois to China to help Saskatchewan push back on canola tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says he is sending his parliamentary secretary to China to join Saskatchewan’s efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other “trade irritants.” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is leading a trade mission to China that starts Saturday, and Carney’s office says Nova Scotia MP Kody […]

Economics

1 week ago Canadian farmers weigh future as Chinese tariffs hit canola prices

China hit Canadian canola seed with a 75.8 per cent tariff. The duty is seen as a response to Canada's 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.

Economics

1 week ago ’Mercy of politics’: Canadian farmers weigh plans as Chinese tariff hits canola price

As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country’s most valuable crops, farming experts say producers have big decisions ahead of them. Market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research said while future prices are down slightly, the cash price farmers receive for their canola, also […]

Economics

2 w. ago Canada must choose pragmatism over Sinophobia in trade dispute

The alarmist cries painting China’s recent tariff on Canadian canola as an act of “economic coercion” and a “dangerous trap” are dangerously counterproductive. This rhetoric, emanating from ideologues steeped in Sinophobia, ignores the immediate peril facing Canadian farmers and fisheries, downplays the existential threat posed by our southern neighbour and dismisses calls for pragmatic diplomacy. […]

Economics

2 w. ago OPINION: Canola farmers being sacrificed at the altar of domestic electric vehicles

Canadian grain farmers are in trouble and federal policies are to blame.   Tariffs on a key grain export Canada sends to China has sent the industry into crisis mode.   Back in March, China placed a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola oil and meal imports, which primarily targeted processors and exporters.   This month, China went further […]

Transport

2 w. ago Saskatchewan premier wants Canada’s tariff on Chinese EVs dropped as he readies for trade mission

Beijing's retaliatory tariff on Canadian canola seed has slashed the value of one of Canada's — and Saskatchewan's — most valuable crops by millions

Economics

3 w. ago Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe heads to China Sept. 6 to talk trade amid canola fight

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he leaves in two weeks to talk trade in China as his province grapples with punishing tariffs on canola. Moe’s office says the six-day trip, starting Sept. 6, will be the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China. Moe […]

Economics

3 w. ago Canola industry showing resiliency in tariff wars, but government needs to help level the playing field

Gary Mar: Canada’s ability to diversify markets depends on how fast and efficiently we can get goods to them

Politics

3 w. ago China’s canola tariffs in focus as Moe, ministers set to meet in Ottawa

Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon.

Politics

3 w. ago Saskatchewan Premier Moe, federal minister to meet on China canola tariff

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon. […]

Politics

3 w. ago Varcoe: Alberta premier says Canada's EV tariff should be 'reconsidered' amid canola trade dispute with China

"With canola in particular, we also know that it's retaliation for the 100 per cent EV tax. And it seems to me that the federal government needs to work on that," said Danielle Smith

Economics

3 w. ago Varcoe: Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta canola farmers will need federal help, as Ottawa assists other sectors facing tariffs

"With canola in particular, we also know that it's retaliation for the 100 per cent EV tax. And it seems to me that the federal government needs to work on that," said Danielle Smith

Economics

4 w. ago Varcoe: Alberta agriculture minister chides Ottawa over slow response to Chinese canola tariffs

Federal government too slow to help western farmers over Chinese canola tariffs, says Alberta Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson

Politics