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1. Trump tariff threat highlights fundamental change in Canada-U.S. relations

   Another international meeting, this time the recent NATO summit in London, ended with President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau exhibiting their basic distaste for each other’s governance style and personality (in case you missed it, ...

2. Canada can’t escape Trump administration’s war on trade

   In the U.S. economic war with China, President Trump raised the stakes last week, with a 10 per cent tariff on an additional $300 billion of imported Chinese products. Tariffs on imports are only one weapon Trump has employed in his ...

3. Trump administration summons ‘national security’ to justify tariffs

   The Trump administration has justified its tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from Canada (and several other countries) on grounds of national security. Under U.S. law, specifically Section 232 of the Trade Adjustment Act of ...

4. In the evolving trade debacle with the U.S, Ottawa must act

   The outlook for ongoing NAFTA negotiations grows dimmer by the day, notwithstanding the conciliatory statement by Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known colloquially as AMLO). In a recent interview after exit polling ...

5. Your trade war is my export opportunity

   Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is renowned for saying “your margin is my opportunity.” Canada and other countries may soon be in position to paraphrase Bezos’ iconic boast as an emerging trade war involving the United States and China creates ...