Trump, Carney and Canada
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Renewed verbal attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump are prompting Canadians to rally behind Prime Minister Mark Carney, who earned a rare standing ovation in Davos for openly decrying powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to take over Greenland is “relentless” and it will create an “uncertain world.” Ford made the comments on Wednesday morning during a press conference at Queen’s Park alongside leaders of the auto industry.
The North American deal is up for review this year, or the USMCA as it’s called in Washington. Trump is now calling it irrelevant, and doesn’t really care about re-negotiating the pact.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to hold a news conference at Queen’s Park Wednesday amid renewed trade tensions with several provinces and the federal government.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Canada to lift a boycott on U.S. alcohol appear to have backfired. Several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, pulled American-made alcohol from government-run liquor store shelves amid last year’s trade dispute,
Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government has reached a “landmark” trade deal with China. The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is huddling with his cabinet in Quebec City to chart out the government's plan for the new year after using a closely watched moment on the world stage earlier this week to condemn the U.