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Canada aims to strengthen EU trade ties amid tariff threats from Trump

Canada is also pushing to diversify its exports and set itself a target in 2018 of increasing non-US exports by 50 per cent by 2025. Ng said the country was on track to meet or exceed the target

Canadian govt department detects 'malicious activity' targeting candidate

A Canadian government department that tracks suspected foreign interference said Friday it has detected a coordinated and malicious activity targeting federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland. A release from the Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, based at Global Affairs Canada, said the activity has been traced to a WeChat account linked to the Chinese government. The launch of this information operation was traced to WeChat's most popular news account an anonymous blog that has been previously linked by experts at the China Digital Times to the People's Republic of China, the release said. RRM Canada identified over 30 WeChat news accounts taking part in the campaign. The campaign received very high levels of engagement and views. The release said members of Freeland's campaign and the executive of the Liberal Party of Canada have been briefed on the findings. Freeland responded to the news releasee with a post on X Friday evening. I will not be intimidated by

Canadian fury with Donald Trump is about more than just trade tariffs

Trudeau struck back at the US, saying that Canada would put its own 25 per cent tariffs on thousands of US products

Bank of Canada Guv says Trump's tariffs threat already having an impact

Bank of Canada said last month the threat of tariffs was making economic projections difficult, but cautioned that a 25 per cent tariff could cause major economic damage

Canada to host summit on boosting economy after Trump tariff threat

Trudeau said the one-day meeting would group leaders in trade, business, public policy, and organized labor to build what he called a long-term prosperity agenda

Driven by US stockpiling, Canada posts first trade surplus in 10 months

The December trade surplus was at C$708 million ($496 million), compared with a revised deficit of C$986 million the prior month, helped by an 4.9 per cent growth in exports

Beware! Canada can cancel a valid visitor visa: What you need to know

Canada no longer automatically grants 10-year multiple-entry visitor visas

Tariff war: Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada: Here’s why

US President Donald Trump has hit a pause on his tariff plans for Mexico and Canada. Watch the video to know why.

Live in Canada? How you can pay India bills directly with Canadian dollars

Beacon's India Bill Pay is a pioneering cross-border bill payment solution for immigrants, providing a seamless way for Indians to pay bills across borders.

President Trump's Canada, Mexico border deals avert trade war for now

Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their agreement Monday in separate social media posts, just hours before the two countries were due to begin placing tariff

Oil prices rise as Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China stoke fears

Gasoline pump prices in the US are certainly expected to rise with the loss of crude for refineries and the loss of imported products, said Mukesh Sahdev at Rystad Energy

Canada's answer to Trump's tariffs: Less US booze on store shelves

Canada has struck back at Trump's tariffs with a 25% levy on US goods, targeting US alcohol. Provinces like Ontario and British Columbia have banned US booze, escalating the trade war

Trump's 'tariff thrashing' stimulates crisis response from Canada

Government leaders in Canada also announced more retaliatory measures against the US, and several provinces, including Ontario and Quebec, will remove US products from liquor stores they control

India Inc looks to navigate US President Donald Trump tariff storm

Some sectors hoping to cash in on the likely void created by Canada, Mexico, China

Did not want this, but Canada is ready: Trudeau announces counter tariffs

Trudeau urged people of his country to purchase local products and consider spending vacations in the country, according to the Canada-based media channel, Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC)

Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada loom; these goods are in the crosshairs

President Donald Trump said this week that tariffs on US neighbours Canada and Mexico will arrive Saturday. The two nations are not only close geographically, but economically as well. The business between the North American nations now exceeds China, totalling USD 1.8 trillion in 2023. That is far greater than the USD 643 billion in commerce that the US did with China in that same year. Following are just a few imported goods that could be hit first. A grenade' lobbed into auto production For decades, auto companies have built supply chains that cross the borders of the United States, Mexico and Canada. More than one in five of the cars and light trucks sold in the United States were built in Canada or Mexico, according to S&P Global Mobility. In 2023, the United States imported USD 69 billion worth of cars and light trucks from Mexico more than any other country -- and USD 37 billion from Canada. Another USD 78 billion in auto parts came from Mexico and USD 20 billion from ...

Mexico, Canada race to prevent Trump's 25% tariffs before deadline

With the clock ticking, officials were busy making their cases that they've done enough to control the border and limit fentanyl traffic to persuade the US president to stand down

From avocados to autos, US tariffs on Canada, Mexico could drive inflation

The 25 per cent tax that President Donald Trump plans to slap on imports from Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday could drive up the price of everything from gasoline and pickup trucks, to Super Bowl party guacamole dip. The tariffs would also invite retaliation. Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, has already vowed to counterpunch by pulling American alcohol off store shelves in the Canadian province no idle threat; Canada is the world's No. 2 market for America's distilled spirits (behind the 27-nation European Union). Trump's tariffs threaten to blow up the trade agreement he himself negotiated with America's neighbours in his first term. His US-Mexico-Canada Agreement the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law", Trump once declared -- was supposed to bring predictability to North American trade, giving businesses the confidence to make investments. But when it comes to the self-proclaimed Tariff Man", Trump and his passion for ...

Donald Trump barrels toward tariff showdown with Canada, Mexico, and China

Whatever Trump decides sets the stage for a separate review aimed at China, as well as Canada and Mexico, that could tee up even more tariffs as soon as April

Canadian report finds 'no definitive link' between Nijjar killing and India

A Canada commission report has said that "no definitive link" with a "foreign state" in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "proven", smashing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that accused the involvement of Indian agents in the killing. In September 2023, Trudeau said Canada had credible evidence that agents of the Indian government were involved in the murder of Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023. The report titled "Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions' was released on Tuesday. In the report commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue said "Disinformation is used as a retaliatory tactic to punish decisions that run contrary to a state's interests." The report has suggested India spread disinformation on the killing of Nijjar. "This may have been the case with a disinformation campaign that followed the Prime Minister's announcement regarding suspected Indian involvement in the .