Category: Canada
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Read more: Carney’s mega anti-Trump alliance starts quest to save world tradeNearly 40 nations are hatching a plan to save the World Trade Organization or, if it can’t be salvaged, to build a new order. A long piece in Politico EU today that puts Canadian Prime Minister Carney…
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Read more: Alcoholic capitalism: How rum fuelled Canada’s early economyThis is a good read on one of my favourite indulgences. I developed my taste for rum in the Caribbean. Fascinating to learn about it’s influence here in Canada. Take the time to read this piece from…
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Read more: The Cuban people, as well as investors, are caught in the U.S. viceThe Canada-Cuba relationship is significant: Cuba is Canada’s largest merchandise export market in the Caribbean/Central America region, and Canada is Cuba’s second‑largest source of foreign direct investment, especially in mining, energy, and tourism‑related sectors. Canada maintains an…
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Read more: Janice Charette: we are in good handsPrime Minister Carney’s appointment of Janice Charette as Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States was generally welcomed given her long history service in the Public Service of Canada. I did see some grumbling that she has…
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Read more: Trump administration expands trade investigations to Canada, dozens of other countriesAnother day… more harassment.
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Read more: US facing headwinds in trade negotiations with Canada, US ambassador saysThere is something in the DNA of all MAGA-types I guess… their tactic of choice is gaslighting. Ambassador Hoekstra, who has demonstrated to many that he is not the right man for the job, seems to forget…
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Read more: Canada-U.S. trade talks have restarted. Here’s what’s at stakeFace-to-face negotiations resume for 1st time since Trump cancelled them in October Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Mar 06, 2026 For the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump called off negotiations last October — ostensibly over a TV…
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Read more: Trump’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda and Annual ReportSomeone has been hard at work trying to make a coherent policy out of the dumpster fire of U.S. trade policy. There are many things that stand out, but the one that always catches my eye is…
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Read more: The “Bridge” flap… a good example of how to make bad policyThe Windsor-Detroit border crossing, which for years has been restricted to the Ambassador Bridge, is the busiest Canada-U.S. crossing, reportedly carrying more than 25% of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States by value and…