President Trump’s imposition of blanket 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico drew swift vows of retaliation from the United States’ immediate neighbors on Tuesday. China, which was hit with a second 10% tariff on U.S. exports since Mr. Trump took office, bringing the total levy to 20%, immediately announced its own…
Global stock markets mostly declined on Tuesday as steep new tariffs on major U.S. trading partners took effect. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump implemented 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with a 10 percent increase in tariffs on Chinese goods, bringing them to 20 percent. In response, Canada, Mexico, and China…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico finally went into effect Tuesday, putting global markets on edge and setting up costly retaliations by the United States’ North American allies. Starting just past midnight, imports from Canada and Mexico are now to be taxed at 25%, with Canadian energy products getting…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war that already showed signs of pushing up inflation and hindering growth. “Tomorrow — tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. And that’ll start,” Trump told…
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with King Charles amid Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs and annexation of Canada. Britain’s King Charles III, left, meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, Monday March 3, 2025. AP/PTI(AP03_03_2025_000271B)(AP) Donald Trump has repeatedly called for Canada to become ‘the 51st US…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford won reelection to lead Canada’s most populous province on Thursday, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. “Donald Trump thinks he can break us,” Ford told a cheering crowd at a Toronto convention center. “He thinks he can…
The United States and Canada have been allies, but the long friendship is seeing a rough patch after Donald Trump returned to the White House. At first, the US president spoke of annexing the neighbouring country as the 51st state. Then, he announced 25 per cent tariffs on imports from the country. And now, it…
Canada and the U.S. have avoided a trade war — for now. A 30-day armistice was reached before steep tariffs on imports came into effect in both countries. During the buildup, however, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Canadians to check item labels to ensure they purchase Canada-made products. A pair of Edmonton entrepreneurs, Matthew Suddaby and William Boytinck,…
Chinese measures won’t take effect until Feb. 10, leaving Donald Trump and Xi Jinping time to defuse their growing trade war. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share Source link
The leader of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario said Monday that he’s ripping up a contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada. A senior Canadian government official also said that Canada isn’t confident that it can avoid the looming tariffs on Tuesday like…