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Canada, U.S., Mexico to talk trade at first USMCA Free Trade Commission meeting
WASHINGTON — Senior officials from Canada, the United States and Mexico will meet virtually next week for the first Free Trade Commission meeting of the USMCA era. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she'll take part in the virtual meetings, sche...
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA — Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayawardena said first the British government
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON — Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the controversial Line 5 pipeline, business leaders warned...
‘Massive and potentially permanent disruption’: Canada’s bleak view of Line 5 closure
WASHINGTON — Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan would deal a "massive and potentially permanent" blow to Canada's economy and energy security and risk lasting damage to relations with the United States, the federal government argues in court...
As MPs urge support, Trudeau demurs on whether government backs COVID-19 waiver
WASHINGTON — Justin Trudeau stopped well short Friday of endorsing efforts to lift the veil on the trade secrets behind COVID-19 vaccines, insisting instead that Canada is already doing plenty to improve access to doses around the world. Those efforts ...
Canada agrees to take part in WTO talks to waive patent protections on vaccines
WASHINGTON — Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets — a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would only slow down production. International Trade Ministe...
Ontario First Nations group backs Line 5 shutdown, slams Ottawa for fighting back
WASHINGTON — The federal Liberal government is putting Canada's oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan's efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of Ontario First Nations. The Anishinabek Nation said
EU plans tightening foreign investment, with eye on China
BRUSSELS — The European Union is planning to tighten rules on foreign investment in its 27 members and boost production autonomy for sensitive strategic goods, two measures bound to hit China — amid already precarious relations between the two massive
Canada needs more help with COVID-19, prominent U.S. vaccine expert urges White House
WASHINGTON — The United States can and should do more to help Canadians get vaccinated against COVID-19, says a prominent Texas doctor, adding to the pressure on the White House to do more beyond America's borders to end the pandemic. Dr.
Cabinet’s ability to award Buy American exemptions ‘strenuously limited,’ Biden says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden set some Canadian pulses racing again Wednesday with more tough Buy American talk, telling Congress he has "strenuously limited" cabinet members from granting exemptions to the 88-year-old protectionist doctrine. In th...