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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Washington fait pression sur Ottawa concernant la visibilité du contenu culturel québécois en ligne.

Ni l’un ni l’autre de ces pays ne peuvent être considérés comme des «partenaires fiables», a-t-il dit à Lévis.

Il estime que les États-Unis doivent subir les conséquences en réponse à la dernière escalade tarifaire du président.

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

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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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Cette proposition fait partie d’une liste de demandes mises de l’avant lundi par le chef du Bloc québécois.

Ces navires, destinés à la Garde côtière, doivent permettre «de maintenir accessibles et sûres les routes commerciales».

En contrepartie, deux sur cinq craignent de perdre leur emploi, selon un sondage Angus Reid.

Le chef conservateur souhaite que les élus puissent faire le point sur le conflit commercial avec les États-Unis.