Well, that was easy. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would remove tariffs on Irish whiskey after golfer Shane Lowry and the Irish prime minister did the unthinkable: They asked him. “Everybody’s been bugging me,” the president said during remarks at the Irish Open. “They’re saying, can you do me a favor? It’s so
As Canada escalates its trade war with President Donald Trump, Alberta is betting on a softer approach. The oil-rich province has resisted some of the retaliation embraced elsewhere in Canada, while Premier Danielle Smith has pushed for more engagement with Washington. Alberta’s top representative in the US says that strategy is getting results. “I think
The US-Canada trade war is coming for your charcuterie board (and much much more). Without a last-minute change, Canada is set to implement a slew of new tariffs on imports from the US at 12:01am eastern on Tuesday morning. They include a 25% levy on cheese, a 50% tariff on honey, and a 50% charge
As the US-Canadian trade war expands, some Canadians are purposefully shrinking their shopping options by staying local. It isn’t easy. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian goods went into effect, prompting “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory tariffs from Canada — the latest escalation since the trade war officially began in March 2025,
Canada is escalating its response to President Donald Trump’s trade war, with another round of retaliatory tariffs set to take effect September 8. But two key Canadian exports — oil and potash, a key fertilizer ingredient — should stay out of the fight, one Canadian premier said Wednesday. “What we as a province cannot and
Canada should broaden its response to its trade war with the US by going beyond tariffs and targeting fighter jets and coal, said a Canadian premier. “I am encouraging the prime minister to look at non-tariff measures to respond, as well, to what the Americans are trying to do to Canadians,” British Columbia Premier David
