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Trump turns from pomp to business in UK visit
LONDON — Moving from pageantry to policy during his state visit to Britain, President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to “stick around” to complete a U.S.-U.K. trade...
View ArticleUS trade deficit smaller in April, but gap with China grew
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit shrank in April, but the politically sensitive deficit with China moved higher. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the goods and services the...
View ArticleMexico: Talks and more talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON – U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming...
View ArticleStocks rise after US deal with Mexico; car companies rise
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Monday on Wall Street after the U.S. and Mexico averted a trade war and potentially damaging tariffs, while several companies inked...
View ArticleMPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week
OTTAWA — The Canadian Press has learned the Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement. The government wants to move “in tandem”...
View ArticleMexico’s senate approves trade deal with US, Canada
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the first of the three countries to gain legislative...
View ArticleSuspending Canadian meat exports to China could cost Canada a billion dollars...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) — A move by China to stop accepting meat products from Canada could have a price tag as high as a billion dollars a year, according to a food policy expert. China suspended Canadian...
View ArticlePM departs for G20 summit in Japan with hopes of cooling Canada’s tensions...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – The prime minister’s plane has taken off for Japan, as Justin Trudeau heads to the G20 summit. The ongoing diplomatic and trade standoff with China will be in clear focus, as the...
View ArticleFormer PM Harper offers help on trade, but staying ‘neutral’ in UK Tory race
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he’s willing to help the next British prime minister negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union — but he’s not taking sides in the race to decide who...
View ArticleTrudeau, Tusk open talks at EU summit on Canada-EU trade agreement
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk have begun their formal talks that will centre on the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union....
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin shares fall to near 15-year low after warning from Caisse de depot
MONTREAL — Shares of SNC-Lavalin Inc. plummeted to the lowest level in nearly 15 years Tuesday in reaction to its largest shareholder, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, warning that the...
View ArticleOttawa announces $1.75B to compensate dairy farmers for impact of trade deals
COMPTON, Que. — Ottawa has announced $1.75 billion in compensation for Canadian dairy farmers to offset a loss of market share resulting from free trade agreements with Europe and countries on the...
View ArticleNorth American stock markets down in late-morning trading, loonie down
TORONTO — Losses in the energy and industrial sectors led Canada’s main stock index lower in late-morning trading as U.S. stock markets also fell after China announced it would retaliate against the...
View ArticlePowerful, obscure law is basis for Trump ‘order’ on trade
BIARRITZ, France (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to use the emergency authority granted by a powerful but obscure federal law to make good on his tweeted “order” to U.S. businesses to cut...
View ArticleTrade and basketball: Trump and Trudeau meet at G7
BIARRITZ, France – Justin Trudeau met face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on Sunday for a discussion that covered trade, diplomacy and a bit of a...
View ArticleTrudeau meets with Macron as G7 leaders wrap up meeting in Biarritz
BIARRITZ, France — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the other G7 leaders are wrapping up their two-day summit today in Biarritz, France, where the meetings have been largely upstaged by U.S. trade...
View ArticleG7 wraps up with Trudeau taking action on Amazon wildfires, Trump looking to...
BIARRITZ, France – The G7 summit has ended in France, with world leaders pledging to provide aid as the wildfires in the Amazon continue to burn. “To put an end to this crisis,” Prime Minister Justin...
View ArticleEU, conservationists face off over trade in live elephants
GENEVA — The European Union is squaring off against conservationists like Jane Goodall and celebrities like actress Judi Dench over efforts by some African and Middle Eastern countries to limit trade...
View ArticleBank of Canada holds interest rate as it takes stock of trade war impacts
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is holding steady on interest rates as it gauges the extent of the damage that deepening trade conflicts have had on the domestic and global economies. The rate decision,...
View ArticleBank of Canada leaves key interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is holding steady on interest rates as it gauges the extent of the damage that deepening trade conflicts have had on the domestic and global economies. The rate decision,...
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