Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce's CEO said a stable marketplace isn’t something Donald Trump’s administration offered, citing the steel and aluminum tariffs.

This is not the first time American politicians have used the 'buy American' mantra, and it plays well on the campaign trail but the end result is often less blunt, writes Bill Kelly.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was signed virtually on Sunday on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

After Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on specific American goods, the Trump administration walked back its intent to apply tariffs on Canadian aluminum, Bill Kelly says.

There's new conflict over aluminum. Precisely why remains a mystery to trade and industry insiders, although it's likely the result of COVID-19, international metals arbitrage, Russian-made aluminum and President Donald Trump's re-election campaign.

"While we removed the Kingdom of Wakanda from our list of U.S. free trade partners, our relationship will always be strong," the USDA said.

The federation must be re-imagined for the 21st century, Tory Leader Andrew Scheer said as he made a direct pitch to Quebec voters.

PNWER, a group consisting of 10 states, provinces and territories, called upon the U.S. and Canadian federal governments to ratify the new free trade deal.

"You have to ask the question of people like the NDP in Canada: If you don't think that we should have a free trade deal with Europe — as progressive, positive and aligned as they are — then with whom would the NDP want to sign a trade deal?" Trudeau asked.

The work to get the deal over the finish line comes after two difficult years marked by a rough renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.