A decade ago, nearly half of new cars hitting Canadian roads were built in America, but after months of restrictive U.S. tariffs, the number of Big Three autos purchased from America’s northern neighbor have dropped precipitously. Only 28.4% of new vehicle sales in Canada in the first half of 2026 were U.S.-built, down from 35.4%
Not so across the Atlantic. On Wednesday, Donald Trump dismissed the EU associate membership proposal out of hand, threatened to impose “very heavy tariffs” if the agreement came to fruition and warned he may view it as a “hostile act”. But the US president is the unintentional matchmaker for this EU-Canada love-in. Traditionally, America is
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of aircraft from Canada’s Bombardier unless it manufactures planes in the United States. In response, the maker of private jets noted that many components for its planes, including the wings, are produced in the U.S. and its supply chain relies heavily on U.S. companies. Since Canada-U.S. trade talks
Come Sept. 8, some $20 billion’s worth of U.S. goods will be subject to Canadian counter-tariffs of up to 50%. They follow the 50% duties imposed by Washington on Canadian goods on Aug. 22. Yet U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on Canada should be no surprise, after Washington declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade
OTTAWA — Canada’s public broadcaster said Friday it is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it. Like other news outlets including The Associated Press, CBC/Radio-Canada’s standards normally don’t allow reporters to describe events as terrorist attacks
But power has limits. Trump’s second term has been a continuous test of those limits – and, at times, a lesson in finding exactly where they are. While obvious differences exist between a shooting war in Iran and a trade dispute with Canada, the lessons are not dissimilar. In both, the US faces a counterpart
