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Le Québec se retrouve au cœur de la guerre commerciale 

27 août 2026 à 21:32

Mark Carney avait expliqué la semaine dernière que plusieurs raisons l’avaient poussé à suspendre les négociations commerciales avec les États-Unis. 

Parmi ces raisons, Carney a cité la volonté de Washington d’exempter les entreprises américaines des règles sur l’étiquetage bilingue et l’affichage en français.

Donald Trump et plusieurs membres de son gouvernement ont soutenu depuis qu’ils n’avaient jamais fait une telle demande. 

Howard Lutnick, ministre américain du commerce, a même laissé entendre hier que le gouvernement canadien aurait suspendu les négociations pour nuire au Parti québécois et à son projet d’indépendance, à l’approche des élections québécoises. 

[L'article Le Québec se retrouve au cœur de la guerre commerciale  a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

Le gouvernement fédéral modifie sa liste de futurs contre-tarifs douaniers 

27 août 2026 à 21:30

Joanna Thompson, ministre fédérale des pêches, a indiqué que les produits du secteur des fruits de mer et du poisson seraient retirés de la liste de contre-tarifs canadiens qui doivent entrer en vigueur le 8 septembre.

Thompson a assuré que la riposte fédérale resterait toutefois «équivalente au dollar près et au taux près» aux droits de douane américains. 

Un porte-parole du gouvernement fédéral a dit à Bloomberg que les droits de douane sur les produits de la mer seraient remplacés par des tarifs de 50% sur le cuivre et le charbon de bois américains. 

[L'article Le gouvernement fédéral modifie sa liste de futurs contre-tarifs douaniers  a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

Le Canada a attiré des dizaines de chercheurs établis aux États-Unis

27 août 2026 à 21:24

Le gouvernement Carney avait instauré l’an dernier un financement de 1,7 milliard $ pour attirer ou ramener au Canada «les meilleurs talents». 

Mélanie Joly, ministre fédérale de l’industrie, a annoncé hier que 540 millions $ avaient permis de recruter une première cohorte de 64 chercheurs. 

Ces chercheurs ont accepté un poste de titulaire de chaire de recherche au pays. 

  • Selon plusieurs médias, 48 d’entre eux travaillaient auparavant aux États-Unis.

[L'article Le Canada a attiré des dizaines de chercheurs établis aux États-Unis a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

Lake Ontario Didn’t Ask for Trump to Rename It

27 août 2026 à 20:06
There is a U.S.-led war in the Middle East and the midterm elections on the horizon, but President Trump’s latest priority seems to be “Making The Great Lakes Even Greater.”

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Boats were anchored along the waterfront of Lake Ontario in Toronto on Thursday.

Fire Outside Home of Canadian Parliament Member Is Under Investigation

27 août 2026 à 17:39
Two cars were destroyed at the Toronto home of Salma Zahid, a Liberal member of Parliament, in an overnight episode condemned by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Salma Zahid, who represents the Scarborough Centre-Don Valley East federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, said though vehicles were destroyed, she and her family were safe.

Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America

28 août 2026 à 05:08
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.

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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities

28 août 2026 à 03:01
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

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McGill University in Montreal is one of the schools that has benefited from the Canada-bound brain drain from U.S. institutions.

Watch Trump sign executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America - video

27 août 2026 à 14:19

The US president signed order on Thursday amid growing trade war with Canada after the US enacted tariffs against its northern neighbor

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  • Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
    Mark Carney rejects attempt to rename lake as did several US governors, with Tony Evers mocking the moveUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America, amid his escalating trade war with Canada.The order directs federal agencies to adopt the name-change on US maps, documents and databases. But Trump has no authority to rename Canada’s portion of the lake, nor to compel Canada, int
     

Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

27 août 2026 à 18:55

Mark Carney rejects attempt to rename lake as did several US governors, with Tony Evers mocking the move

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America, amid his escalating trade war with Canada.

The order directs federal agencies to adopt the name-change on US maps, documents and databases. But Trump has no authority to rename Canada’s portion of the lake, nor to compel Canada, international legal bodies, international mapmakers, or the rest of the world to adopt a new name.

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Yielding on French Could Restart Trade Talks, Canadian Officials Say

27 août 2026 à 17:47
Canada’s minister in charge of trade with the U.S. was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. But that was before any mention of Lake Ontario.

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Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister responsible for trade with the United States, center, with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada.

As Anger Grows Over Trump Tariffs, Some in Canada Want Out of U.S. F-35 Deal

27 août 2026 à 05:03
A year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of President Trump’s latest tariffs.

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The F-35 Lightning, made by American defense contractor Lockheed-Martin, costs between $82.5 million and $109 million per plane, depending on the variant.

Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic

27 août 2026 à 05:00
Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.

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  • How to lose Trump’s trade war: test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks
    The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost AmericansThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayEarlier this year, a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high school popularity contest, but at least anecdotally, Canadians have a reputation for being friendl
     

How to lose Trump’s trade war: test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks

26 août 2026 à 14:15

The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost Americans

Earlier this year, a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high school popularity contest, but at least anecdotally, Canadians have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming, respectful and polite. Many people would find it difficult to dislike Canadians.

But not Donald Trump, who in a “hold my beer” moment this week demonstrated that he, at least, finds it easy to resent Canadians. The US president called the country “difficult and unreasonable”, and in a particularly hysterical moment, threatened to rename a lake, after trade talks collapsed.

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  • How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer
    The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truthsIs it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator? A sober banker, he speaks calmly, without many vocal inflections. We expect Canadians to be somewhat flat; even a little boring, and yet Carney has already delivered two remarkable speeches in 2026, and the year is far from over.The first, at Davos, described a “rupture in the world order”, and “the end of a pleasan
     

How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer

26 août 2026 à 06:00

The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths

Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator? A sober banker, he speaks calmly, without many vocal inflections. We expect Canadians to be somewhat flat; even a little boring, and yet Carney has already delivered two remarkable speeches in 2026, and the year is far from over.

The first, at Davos, described a “rupture in the world order”, and “the end of a pleasant fiction”. By that, he meant that the world could no longer depend on the United States to lead the Pax Americana that has largely kept the peace since the end of the second world war.

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  • Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
    Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimatedAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from youUsing the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.After trade negotiations broke down between the two countries last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian
     

Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

26 août 2026 à 06:00

Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated

Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.

After trade negotiations broke down between the two countries last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, vowed to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar” and unveiled a list of nearly 900 American goods that will face 25% to 50% tariffs starting on 8 September.

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Canadians Stand Their Ground Amid New Trump Tariffs and Expanding U.S.-Canada Trade War

26 août 2026 à 05:03
Business owners are preparing for financial pain after the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. But many Canadians are embracing a show of resistance.

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Of Canadian politicians’ responses to the trade war, perhaps the most colorful came from Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, on Monday.
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  • With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr
    Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winningNow is the twilight of Donald Trump’s supremacy. The US is still the richest and most heavily armed nation on Earth. That status is secure. The current president, contemptuous of law and indulged in lawlessness by a supine Congress, enjoys even greater power than the constitution allows.With those advantages it takes a special talent for incompetence to look as thwarted an
     

With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr

26 août 2026 à 03:00

Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning

Now is the twilight of Donald Trump’s supremacy. The US is still the richest and most heavily armed nation on Earth. That status is secure. The current president, contemptuous of law and indulged in lawlessness by a supine Congress, enjoys even greater power than the constitution allows.

With those advantages it takes a special talent for incompetence to look as thwarted and impotent as Trump does with more than two years of his second term still to run.

Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist

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Riposte canadienne aux tarifs douaniers américains – voici l’essentiel 

25 août 2026 à 20:33

Le gouvernement fédéral a présenté des mesures en représailles aux droits de douane américains entrés en vigueur samedi dernier. 

À compter du 8 septembre, le Canada imposera des taxes à l’importation de 15%, 25% ou 50% sur environ 700 produits américains.

Secteurs les plus touchés 

  • acier
  • produits laitiers
  • électroménagers
  • matériel agricole
  • pâtes et papiers 
  • électronique

Ces contres-tarifs ne visent que des produits frappés par des tarifs américains. 

Ils s’appliqueront à presque 28 milliards $ d’exportations annuelles des États-Unis vers le Canada.

  • C’est un montant équivalent à celui des exportations canadiennes vers les États-Unis visées par les nouveaux tarifs américains. 

Réponse américaine à la riposte canadienne 

Donald Trump avait dès lundi, avant qu’on connaisse le détail des contre-tarifs, menacé de porter à 50% en janvier prochain les tarifs américains sur les voitures, les camions, les pièces automobiles et l’acier canadiens.

[L'article Riposte canadienne aux tarifs douaniers américains – voici l’essentiel  a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

Guerre commerciale: le gouvernement Carney a annoncé des mesures d’aide totalisant 7,5 milliards $

25 août 2026 à 20:29

Principales mesures pour les entreprises

  • créer un fonds de diversification doté de 2 milliards $ pour soutenir les entreprises touchées par les droits de douane qui ont des projets prêts à démarrer;
  • bonifier de 1,5 milliard $ l’initiative qui aidait déjà les PME à faire face aux droits de douane;
  • injecter 500 millions $ dans un programme de la Banque de développement du Canada.

Principales mesures pour les travailleurs 

Ottawa compte prolonger plusieurs mesures de l’assurance-emploi visant à: 

  • éliminer la période d’attente d’une semaine;
  • permettre aux travailleurs de recevoir des prestations sans que les indemnités de cessation d’emploi ne soient d’abord épuisées;
  • accorder 20 semaines supplémentaires de prestations aux travailleurs de longue date. 

[L'article Guerre commerciale: le gouvernement Carney a annoncé des mesures d’aide totalisant 7,5 milliards $ a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

Worker Dies After Accident With Plane at Montreal Airport

25 août 2026 à 19:15
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said the episode involved an Airbus A350 operated by French Bee, a French low-cost airline.

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The authority that operates Montréal-Trudeau International Airport said a worker employed by Samsic, a company that provides support services, was killed in an accident on Monday.

In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues

26 août 2026 à 00:06
While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.

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World leaders and domestic institutions are showing less willingness to submit to President Trump’s will.
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  • USA vs. Canada
    Our Canada bureau chief tells us how the countries got into a trade war and how people north of the border are experiencing the rift.
     

USA vs. Canada

25 août 2026 à 16:29
Our Canada bureau chief tells us how the countries got into a trade war and how people north of the border are experiencing the rift.

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  • The Guardian view on Trump’s economic threats: bullies can overplay their hand | Editorial
    Tariffs on Canada, threats against Iran’s partners and bond market intervention show a president weaponising US power while making Americans poorer at homeThree moves in the last week have exposed the limits of Donald Trump’s economic bullying. The US slapped 50% tariffs on another $20bn of Canadian goods – then threatened the same rate on the cars, trucks, parts and steel that America Inc depends on. On Monday, the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, menaced Iran’s trading partners with exclusio
     

The Guardian view on Trump’s economic threats: bullies can overplay their hand | Editorial

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25 août 2026 à 13:27

Tariffs on Canada, threats against Iran’s partners and bond market intervention show a president weaponising US power while making Americans poorer at home

Three moves in the last week have exposed the limits of Donald Trump’s economic bullying. The US slapped 50% tariffs on another $20bn of Canadian goods – then threatened the same rate on the cars, trucks, parts and steel that America Inc depends on. On Monday, the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, menaced Iran’s trading partners with exclusion from the US financial network, hoping that coercion can deliver what months of war have not. And as the costs of war, tariffs and pro-billionaire tax cuts helped send US bond yields higher, the Treasury stepped in to tame long-term rates. These are not contradictory policies but a gamble: that US economic power can be repeatedly weaponised without reducing others’ willingness to depend on it.

The Trump administration’s “D-day” sanctions are potentially the most consequential because they expose the scaffolding of American financial power. While markets shrugged off the immediate threat, that calculation might change were the US to target a major Chinese refinery or bank. Such an escalation could spark a trade war with Beijing. The US has leverage. But China has pressure points – especially farmers in Republican states – that make using it costly. In the long run, there is a price to pay. Nations hold one another’s currencies partly because they trust the political relationship. Mr Trump is testing what happens when they don’t.

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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US imports as trade war escalates – video

25 août 2026 à 12:39

Announcement of tariffs on $20bn worth of US goods follows through on Mark Carney's vow to match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar'

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Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs

25 août 2026 à 23:02
Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.

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The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hundreds of American products including steel.
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  • Supreme court threatens midterms mail-in voting as it backs Trump plan | First Thing
    US president has been obsessed with restricting the ability to vote by mail, despite using it himself. Plus, why we are still fascinated with Meg from the White StripesDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. The US supreme court has sided with Donald Trump in his effort to crack down on mail-in voting, though it is unclear whether or not his administration will be able to take action before the midterm elections in November. The court’s justices voted 6-3 along ide
     

Supreme court threatens midterms mail-in voting as it backs Trump plan | First Thing

25 août 2026 à 08:31

US president has been obsessed with restricting the ability to vote by mail, despite using it himself. Plus, why we are still fascinated with Meg from the White Stripes

Good morning. The US supreme court has sided with Donald Trump in his effort to crack down on mail-in voting, though it is unclear whether or not his administration will be able to take action before the midterm elections in November. The court’s justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to lift an injunction that a judge in Massachusetts had placed in June on an executive order issued by the president. But a second injunction remains in place, and the ruling leaves room for legal challenges.

Trump has repeatedly likened voting by mail to cheating, despite his own use of it and overwhelming evidence that the system is secure. In March he ordered the government to create a “state citizenship list” of eligible voters, requiring that mail-in ballots only be delivered to people on that list. He also directed the justice department to prioritise investigations and prosecutions of state and local election officials who issue ballots to people deemed ineligible to vote in federal elections.

What did the dissenting judges say? In a blistering dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision “needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections”.

How have rights organisations reacted? The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Derrick Johnson, said: “Let this ruling be a reminder that democracy is never, ever guaranteed. We have to fight for it, we have to fight to keep it and we have to protect the rights we do have within it … they are trying to do everything they possibly can to make it difficult for you to vote.”

How has Canada reacted? The country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, told reporters that Trump’s announcement was largely expected. “It’s not a surprise for us that the US would take some form of reprisal to our response to their unjustified tariff,” he said. Carney has vowed to match the American tariffs “dollar for dollar”, and said Canada could not accept any proposed trade deal that would weaken French language protections.

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Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home

25 août 2026 à 05:02
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.

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Artemis Ghasemzadeh at her new home on Denman Island near Vancouver.

Trump endorsement helps boost Darline Graham in South Carolina primary to replace her late brother in US Senate – as it happened

25 août 2026 à 21:59

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On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections.

“I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!” he wrote. “In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec.”

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Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home

25 août 2026 à 05:02
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.

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Artemis Ghasemzadeh at her new home on Denman Island near Vancouver.
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  • Canadians do not seek a trade war – but nor will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
    A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away: this is a warning to the western allianceThe Canadians are exceedingly angry. I realise this can sometimes be difficult for foreigners to deduce, given our national struggle to express the full range of human emotion outside ice hockey riots. However, let me assure you that the prime minister Canadians saw take the stage on Saturday morning in the wake of the collapse in trade negotiation
     

Canadians do not seek a trade war – but nor will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson

25 août 2026 à 01:00

A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away: this is a warning to the western alliance

The Canadians are exceedingly angry. I realise this can sometimes be difficult for foreigners to deduce, given our national struggle to express the full range of human emotion outside ice hockey riots. However, let me assure you that the prime minister Canadians saw take the stage on Saturday morning in the wake of the collapse in trade negotiations with the US was a Mark Carney practically vibrating with fury.

“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” he said, in a rare press conference that was as candid and clear as he ever tends to be. “That’s fine … We’ve got the reserves, we’ve got the resilience, we’ve got the plan, we’ve got the focus. We’re gonna respond, we’re going to focus on what we can control and what we’re going to build.”

Jen Gerson is a Canadian commentator and co-founder of The Line. She lives in Calgary, Alberta

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How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War

25 août 2026 à 08:39
Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about the trade dispute with the United States on Monday at the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Quebec.

U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs

24 août 2026 à 20:33
The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.

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Harvested logs in British Columbia in 2023. Canada’s forestry industry may be hit particularly hard by the latest American tariffs.
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  • Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel
    Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between neighbors with historically strong economic tiesDonald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada, the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbors with historically strong economic ties.The US president said that the increased tariffs would start on 1 January 2027 on all cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel. He also derided the nation’s tariffs on American farmers, writing
     

Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel

24 août 2026 à 14:55

Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between neighbors with historically strong economic ties

Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada, the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbors with historically strong economic ties.

The US president said that the increased tariffs would start on 1 January 2027 on all cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel. He also derided the nation’s tariffs on American farmers, writing on social media that Canada has been “ripping off” the US “for years”.

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  • Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
    Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from disputeAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from youMark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.The prime minis
     

Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language

24 août 2026 à 14:22

Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute

Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.

The prime minister’s remarks came hours after the US president, Donald Trump, showed little interest in retreating from the spat, posting on social media that Canada had been “ripping off the United States of America for years” and threatening a swath of new, economically devastating tariffs on cars and trucks.

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