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China again vowed to “fight to the end” Wednesday in an escalating trade war with the U.S. as it announced it would raise tariffs on American goods to 84 per cent from Thursday. Beijing also added an array of countermeasures after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the total tariff on imports from China to 104 per cent.“If the U.S. insists on further escalating its economic and trade restrictions, China has the firm will and abundant means to take necessary countermeasures and fight to the end,” the Ministry of Commerce wrote in a statement introducing its white paper on trade with the U.S.The government declined to say whether it would negotiate with the White House, as many other countries have started doing.On Friday, China announced a 34 per cent tariff on all goods imported from the U...

Ottawa has exempted a small New Brunswick island off the coast of Maine from Canadian counter-tariffs it imposed on U.S. goods amid President Donald Trump’s trade war — goods the island’s residents rely on for their daily needs. Campobello Island is only accessible year-round by a bridge connecting it to the closest town, Lubec, Maine.Because of its geography, the island’s population of under 1,000 people often travel across the border for gas, groceries and other items, but have faced 25 per cent tariffs on those goods since early March.Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is running for re-election as the Liberal candidate in Saint Maurice-Champlain, said Tuesday that the federal government has granted a “special exemption from previous tariff countermeasures on U.S. consume...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 9, 2025 8:25 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan on Wednesday as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announcement and speak at the First Nations Summit in Vancouver, before making his way to Saskatoon for a campaign event.There are 14 federal ridings in Saskatchewan, which has been a sea of blue in recent federal elections.Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to make an announcement and meet with young supporters and volunteers...

With Canada’s future relationship with the United States dominating the federal election campaign so far, a new poll is shedding some light on which party Canadians think would be best to manage the country’s resources — one of the pillars of our economic relationship with the Americans. When asked which party and leader would do the best job at managing Canada’s energy and resources, a majority of the respondents to the Ipsos poll, commissioned exclusively for Global News, chose the federal Liberals and their leader Mark Carney, over the Conservatives and their leader Pierre Poilievre.Overall, 69 per cent of those surveyed said Canada needs to “act faster on opportunities for developing energy and resource projects in light of the dispute with the U.S.” — including 26 per cent of responde...

The nation’s top trade representative said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are already getting results, bringing other countries to the negotiating table to discuss reducing their trade barriers, but acknowledged American consumers and businesses may face short-term challenges. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer addressed the Senate Finance Committee a day after global markets swung wildly and some business leaders lambasted the president’s aggressive bid to raise tariffs on almost every nation on earth.Greer testified that “about 50” countries have sought talks to escape Trump’s import tariffs. He said, for example, that Vietnam is cutting its own tariffs on apples, almonds and cherries. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later quoted U.S. Treas...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek re-election against 81 other candidates in his Ottawa-area riding — while Liberal Leader Mark Carney is running for the first time against four challengers in Nepean. A protest group called the Longest Ballot Committee has convinced dozens of candidates to register to run as Independents in the Ontario riding of Carleton, where Poilievre is the incumbent seeking re-election, in addition to the usual main party candidates.The protest group opposes the first-past-the-post voting system and is seeking to build support for electoral reform.The group has fielded long lists of candidates in prominent federal byelections in recent years, inflating th...

China said Tuesday it would “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry said the U.S.‘s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” on China is “completely groundless and is a typical unilateral bullying practice.”China, the world’s second-largest economy, has announced retaliatory tariffs and the ministry hinted in its latest statement that more may be coming.“The countermeasures China has taken are aimed at safeguarding its sovereignty, security and development interests, and maintaining the normal international trade order. They are completely legitimate,” the ministry said.“The U.S. threat to escalate tariffs on C...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 7, 2025 6:35 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is fighting back after federal Liberal Leader Mark Carney mocked her during an election campaign stop, accusing him of being intimidated by a “strong conservative woman.” Carney joked on the weekend about premiers appearing on Fox News, saying it would be a “bad idea” to put Smith on the U.S. network to advocate for cross-border diplomacy.“We’re sending Doug Ford on to Fox News, to show them we’re not messing around up here. And we’re going to send Danielle next, we’re — well...

Softwood lumber, a national transportation corridor, affordable housing and speeding up big projects were among the topics of a “productive” meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, B.C. Premier David Eby says. The pair met Monday in Victoria, days after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to more than double its duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 34.5 per cent.Eby said the conversation touched on using more B.C. mass timber to build housing as a response.“At a time when Canadian forestry exports are facing an escalation in an ongoing trade war, we welcome an opportunity to meet the growing domestic and international demand for value-added wood products,” Eby said in a statement.“The American president’s renewed assault on our forestry sector needs the same Team Canada respo...

The Greens promised to create a “common diplomatic and economic front,” similar to NATO, with other countries like the EU, U.K. and Japan, to “put the U.S. administration and key U.S. economic actors on notice” about joint retaliatory economic measures in relation to further threats to the sovereignty of any members of this new bloc. They also proposed exploring all possible options to deepen economic, political and defence links with the EU. The Greens proposed barring U.S. President Donald Trump and key U.S. officials from visiting Canada, including for the upcoming G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. The party said it would also suspend the Safe Third Party Agreement with the U.S. and ban certain U.S. food and drug imports which could be impacted by cuts at the Food and Drug Administration. ...