Tag Archives: trade
President-elect’s long to-do list to include repairing damaged Canada-U. S. ties
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer — and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States. Biden has more pressing priorities to address
EU puts tariffs on US but hopes for change with Biden
BRUSSELS — The European Union said Monday it would impose tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal aid for plane maker Boeing - but expressed hope that trade ties would improve once President
Justin Trudeau first leader to talk to U.S. president-elect Joe Biden
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the first international leader to have personally congratulated Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president, his office said Monday as it summarized a conversation about areas of co-operation — and potential cont...
Ottawa’s silence necessary during U.S. election uncertainty: democracy experts
OTTAWA — The political silence in Ottawa has been deafening since Donald Trump's bombastic declarations of victory in the U.S. presidential election and his threat to take his re-election fight to the Supreme Court. Trump claimed a triumph early ...
How Canadian businesses are navigating U.S. election uncertainty
TORONTO — Canadian business leaders awaiting the results of the U.S. election are re-examining their risk plans and making calls to advisers and political contacts Wednesday. While they won't find the much-awaited presidential results in their plans or...
How Canadian businesses are navigating U.S. election uncertainty
TORONTO — Canadian business leaders awaiting the results of the U.S. election are re-examining their risk plans and making calls to advisers and political contacts Wednesday. While they won't find the much-awaited presidential results in their plans or...
Canada ‘watching very carefully,’ Trudeau says of U.S. election cliffhanger
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday said he is keeping a close eye on the political drama unfolding in the United States, where the presidential election remains too close to call. "I want to reassure Canadians that the Canadian
‘Keep calm, consult with the allies:’ Canadian political analysts on U.S. results
OTTAWA — Four more years of an inscrutable, unpredictable Donald Trump. Or a new chapter with a friendly, predictable Joe Biden. Both options hung in the balance for Canada as the U.S. presidential election clawed through its unresolved Tuesday night c...
Trudeau, EU leaders express faith in America and call for return to multilateralism
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the European Union's two top political leaders expressed faith in the American people Thursday ahead of a U.S. presidential election where the outcome will have major implications for global relations. T...
Civil, respectful but still tough: Canada-U.S. trade under a Biden presidency
OTTAWA — Canada coped with nearly four years of Donald Trump rewriting or shredding the international trade rule book. But Canadian hope of a rosy return to rules-based bonhomie with its top trading partner under a Joe Biden presidency might