14 January 2025 - Canada-US looming trading war
Trump has threatened Canada in all sorts of ways. What does he really want?
Mike Crawley (CBC, 09/01/2025)
Donald Trump's increasingly strident approach to relations with Canada is provoking fear about the potential consequences north of the border and questions about just how serious the U.S. president-elect actually is.
Canada ready to buy more American products to appease Trump’s tariff threat, ambassador says
Rob Gillies (AP News, 14/01/2025)
Canada’s ambassador to Washington said Monday that Canada is prepared to buy more from the United States, including its next fleet of submarines, to appease President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns about the U.S.-Canada trade deficit.
‘All options’ including ‘export bans’ on the table to fight U.S. tariffs: B.C. minister
Simon Little and Richard Zussman (Global News, 13/01/2025)
B.C. remains open to “all different options” in the fight against U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats, according to the province’s jobs and economic development minister.
Canada-U.S. history provides lessons on how Canada can deal with a hostile Donald Trump
Blayne Haggart (The Conversation, 08/01/2025)
Donald Trump’s threat of 25 per cent tariffs against Canada — combined with his ongoing denigration of Canadian sovereignty, including his recent threat to take the country “by economic force” — have Canadians rightly concerned about the immediate future.
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