Economy

Something shifted on Saturday, 22 August, that will be hard to reverse. After weeks of negotiation, trade talks between Canada and the United States collapsed, and within hours Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on roughly US$20 billion worth of Canadian goods — about …

It is tempting to read the Canada–U.S. tariff war as a contest with a clear winner and a clear loser. The reality is more uncomfortable: across large stretches of their economies, the two countries function as a single integrated machine. A car assembled in …

TheTariffDonald Trump promised for months arrived on a Saturday. On 22 August, hours after trade negotiations between Ottawa and Washington collapsed, the United States imposed a 50% duty on roughly US$20-billion of Canadian goods — everything from hockey sticks and whisky to smartphones, furniture …

When trade talks between Ottawa and Washington collapsed on August 22, and the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on roughly US$20-billion of Canadian goods, an old idea resurfaced with fresh urgency. If the Americans will punish Canadian exporters, why should Canada not …

For months, Mark Carney had counselled patience. Canada's approach to Donald Trump'sTariffthreats, the Prime Minister insisted, would be "pragmatic, patient, and persistent" — a deliberate contrast to the combative posture some provincial leaders demanded. Then, on the weekend of 22 August, patience ran out. …

“We don’t need Canada,” US President Donald Trump declared as trade talks collapsed and his administration imposed 50 per cent tariffs on some US$20-billion of Canadian goods. On energy, at least, the claim collides with the plumbing of the American economy. In 2025, Canada …

Canada's automotive sector has become one of the most important pressure points in the country's negotiations with the United States as the August 19 tariff deadline approaches.