37 h. ago Caught in the middle, this quaint US exclave is grappling with Trump's trade war with Canada

Point Roberts, Washington, is the rare U.S. exclave so dependent on Canada’s goodwill that the strain of Trump’s tariff war is inescapable — in the grocery store, at the pub and for the majority of residents who never voted for the president

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7 d. ago Canada’s Liberals on course for political resurrection amid trade war, polls show

Mark Carney-led ruling party projected to form majority months after political wipeout seemed inevitableIn January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of existential proportions, or merely a catastrophic blowout.But fresh polling released by three companies this week shows a stunning reversal of fortunes for the party: newly minted prime minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are projected to secure a majority government. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago King called ‘steadfast defender’ of Canada by country’s new PM amid US tensions

Canada is facing a trade war with America and Donald Trump’s repeated vows to make the nation its 51st state.

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8 d. ago Canada PM Carney visits France and UK as Trump trade war deepens

Carney aims to bolster European alliances in wake of US president’s attacks on Canada’s sovereigntyMark Carney, the new Canadian prime minister, has arrived in Paris on his first stop of a visit to France and the UK as he seeks to bolster European alliances to deal with Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada’s sovereignty and economy.Carney is deliberately making his first foreign trip to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early existence. At his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, Carney noted the country was built on the bedrock of three peoples: Indigenous, French and British. He said Canada was fundamentally different from the US and would “never, ever, in any way shape or form, be part of the United States”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Canadians' latest plan to hit America where it hurts... and block website that'll leave millions unsatisfied

As the trade war between the US and Canada continues on, those over the northern border are calling for the drastic measure.

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1 week ago Who is Mark Carney, former central banker, who is replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada?

Carney has promised to stand up for Canada amid brewing trade war with Trump and speed up sluggish growth in national economy

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1 week ago ‘We’re ground zero’: Canada steel town is frontline of Trump’s tariff trade war

Mayor of city ‘with steel in its veins’ says ‘There’s a lot of tension a lot of worry’ as 25% export levy kicks inThe sprawling ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario has in recent months become a site of pilgrimage for Canadian political leaders.Dressed in pristine orange coveralls and hard hats, prime ministers and provincial premiers gaze at coiled sheets of steel with the stern grimaces and keen interest of generals reviewing a military parade. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump news live updates: Canada and EU strike back at tariffs as trade war escalates

The European Commission and Canada have both issued retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s trade war

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1 week ago Canada launches new $20 billion tariff attack on U.S. computers and sports gear as trade war with Trump escalates

Canada announced $21 billion in new tariffs against the U.S. on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump to 'declare national emergency on electricity' over bitter Canada trade war

Trump has written a blistering post on his platform Truth Social vowing to double the tariffs on aluminium and steel for Canada, also doubling down that Canada should be a US state

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: Trump retaliates against Canada in trade war by doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum

President says new tariffs to go into effect Wednesday morning as he retaliates for 25 percent surcharge Canadian electricity exporters placed on power to northern U.S. states

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2 w. ago Markets tank as Trump declares a national emergency amid shocking new Canada tariffs and 51st state threat

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on electricity in the U.S. and doubled the tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada.

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2 w. ago Trump raises Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% as trade war escalates

President cites Ontario’s recent imposition of 25% surcharge on electricity exports to US as reason for doubling dutiesUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump has announced he is doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% as a retaliation for the province of Ontario’s imposition of a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to several US states, in a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the two ostensibly allied countries.“Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to ad [sic] an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump declares a national emergency on electricity and says Canada WILL become 'cherished' 51st state

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on electricity in the U.S. and doubled the tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada.

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2 w. ago Recession chances are ‘close to 50/50,’ Clinton’s treasury secretary says

The warnings from economists come amidst chaos and uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war on Mexico, Canada, China and other nations

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2 w. ago Trump refuses to rule out recession as chaotic trade war with Canada, Mexico and China escalates: Live updates

President’s remarks follow turbulent week as markets rattled by series of aggressive tariff announcements and immediate walkbacks

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2 w. ago Looking back at Mark Carney's Bank of England career as he takes over from Justin Trudeau

Mark Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with the US

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2 w. ago Who is Mark Carney, former central banker replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada?

Carney has promised to stand up for Canada amid brewing trade war with Trump and speed up sluggish growth in national economy

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2 w. ago Can Mark Carney win an election in Canada and a trade war with the US?

The former central banker has strong economic credentials but is untested politically

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2 w. ago How Trump’s dizzying jerks and jolts on tariffs are ‘freezing’ US business

As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertaintyDonald Trump declared there to be “no room left” for a deal with Canada and Mexico this week, launching a trade war against his nation’s closest allies that he presented as an effort to protect America’s soul.Then he pulled back. It wasn’t his first feint and retreat. It probably won’t be the last. Continue reading...

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