Canada is looking at ways to boost the effectiveness of its retaliatory tariffs against the United States, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday Continue reading
Dealing with the tariffs — imposed by President Donald Trump under a controversial national-security provision of U.S. law — is a key part of the CUSMA ratification process, Freeland said. Continue reading
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning that Canada’s support for the updated North American trade pact may hinge on the U.S. lifting tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Continue reading
The U.S. trade deficit surged to a 10-year high in 2018, despite the Trump administration slapping tariffs on a range of imported goods in an effort to shrink the gap. Continue reading
Parliament will struggle to ratify the new North American trade deal if U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum exports aren’t lifted soon, Canada’s transport minister warned. Continue reading
The steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump should be lifted “in the next few weeks,” according to Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Continue reading
David MacNaughton says he’s hearing complaints from some Americans about the pain caused by Ottawa’s retaliation against the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs. Continue reading
Freeland said she met with Pelosi and a delegation of Congressional Democrats on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Continue reading
Donald Trump’s Commerce Department approved tariff exemption requests from 370 companies for up to 4.1 million tons of foreign steel. Continue reading
Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, whose committee is in charge of shepherding the new trade pact to approval in the Senate, wants steel and aluminum tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico lifted. Continue reading