A decades-old concession giving Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings control of ports at either end of the Panama Canal carries deep constitutional consequences for the country’s sovereignty, two lawyers challenging the contract have told the Post. The action, filed by lawyers Norman Castro and Julio Macias with the country’s Supreme Court, targets the law that…
Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in the team’s home opener. Beyond the opening day festivities, however, it was a week of…
On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the US’s trading partners. The day was termed “Liberation Day” by Trump, who signed an executive order imposing a flat 10 percent tariff on almost all nations and then additional tariffs on those countries that the US accuses of charging higher levies on…
U.S. markets took a significant plunge on Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs, leading to fears of a global recession and prompting international responses.The S&P 500 had its worst day since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, falling 4.8%.”The tariffs the administration is imposing are much more severe than had been expected,”…
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s Wednesday reciprocal tariffs announcement has commenced. Confusion and uncertainty prompted by the “Liberation Day” duty hikes sent markets into a tailspin and global trade partners into a retaliatory frenzy, while paralyzing many fashion firms now grappling for a path forward. The Nasdaq Composite fell 5.39 percent, or 956.96 points…
Two main architects of protests that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks were found guilty on Thursday in one of the last legal cases stemming from the demonstrations that convulsed the country and disrupted billions of dollars in trade with the United States. A judge convicted the protest’s top organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, in…
El anuncio del presidente Donald Trump de aranceles generalizados a los socios comerciales de Estados Unidos ha ampliado la brecha entre el país y algunos de sus aliados más cercanos, y al mismo tiempo ha reconfigurado el orden económico mundial. El plan de Trump, que dio a conocer el miércoles y califica de “recíproco”, impondría…
President Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on America’s trading partners has widened the rift between the United States and some of its closest allies while reconfiguring the global economic order. Mr. Trump’s plan, which he unveiled on Wednesday and is calling “reciprocal,” would impose a wave of tariffs on dozens of other countries. Among major…
Open this photo in gallery: U.S. President Donald Trump walks though the Hall of Nations during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where he also lead a board meeting on March 17, in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Dimitry Anastakis is the Wilson-Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the…
It’s hard to fathom what Washington hopes to gain realistically by sanctioning six more senior Hong Kong officials. But US vindictiveness knows no bounds. The United States is still smarting over its inability to exploit Hong Kong as an international hub for foreign espionage and interference after the introduction of the national security law. Its…