Canadian officials and business leaders seemed relieved earlier Monday when it became clear the Trump administration wasn't going to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian goods on day 1 of its term, but anxiety returned after President Trump said from the Oval Office that the U.
Earlier in the day, cabinet ministers were careful not to declare victory after Trump was sworn into office without mentioning Canada at all, and with no sign of the punishing tariffs he's been threatening since the November election.
Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.
SPINNING PLATES — DOMINIC LEBLANC is not lacking for priorities. Cabinet’s pointman on government finances, Canada’s premiers and key players in the Trump transition is starting to prepare an annual budget — and, according to the Globe, a bulky tariff relief package.
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Trump can be unpredictable ... not imposed on the first day of Trump taking office. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in ...
Mr Trump had threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other trading partners. Still, Mr Trump pledged in his inaugural address that tariffs would be coming and said foreign countries would be paying the trade penalties, even though those taxes are currently paid by domestic importers and often passed along to consumers.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said reprieve is too strong of ... Danielle Smith, the premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta, said she was “pleased to see that today President ...
Chrystia Freeland announced this morning that she will enter the leadership race for the head of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.
With only hours to go until U.S. president-elect Donald Trump heads back to the Oval Office, Canadian officials say they still don’t know whether he will follow through on his standing threat to level punishing tariffs on Canadian goods.
Canadian leaders expressed relief that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada is "absolutely" prepared if President Donald Trump levies 25 per cent tariffs against Canada next month. Ottawa has potential response scenarios at the ready,
MONTEBELLO, Que. — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Donald Trump's suggestion that he will impose sweeping tariffs on Canada on Feb. 1 is "nothing new," and insists Canada has plans ready ...