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Canada approves latest Gulfstream business jets after Trump tariff threat

Canadian regulators have approved Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks after new tariff threats from US President Donald Trump over the planes' status in Canada. A Transport Canada database shows that it certified the American company's latest private planes on Monday, roughly a week after green-lighting two older Gulfstream models. Marie-Justine Torres, a spokeswoman for Canada's transport minister, confirmed on Tuesday that the certification was granted by Transport Canada. Trump threatened last month to decertify and place tariffs on all Canadian-built planes unless the government approved Gulfstream business jets. The go-ahead from Transport Canada came despite deicing concerns flagged by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which granted the G700 and G800 conditional certification in 2024. The FAA said that Gulfstream, owned by General Dynamics, has until the end of this year to prove that the two plane types function "properly ... where ice ma

Trump warns of blocking Detroit-Canada bridge, seeks shared US ownership

The six-lane bridge was expected to open to traffic soon, pending formal tests and approval

FAA supports Trump's attacks on Canada over airplane certifications

Trump last week threatened Canada with a 50 per cent tariff on its country's planes sold in the US along with stripping globally recognised safety permits from aircraft made in Canada

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Canadian aircraft as trade dispute deepens

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50 per cent tariff on any aircraft sold in the US, the latest salvo in his trade war with America's northern neighbour as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands. Trump's threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100 per cent tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China. But Trump's threat did not come with any details about when he would impose the import taxes, as Canada had already struck a deal. In Trump's latest threat, the Republican president said he was retaliating against Canada for refusing to certify jets from Savannah, Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace. Trump said the US, in return, would decertify all Canadian aircraft, including its Bombardier. "If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50 per cent Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of

No plans to pursue FTA with China: Canadian PM Carney amid Trump's threat

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. He was responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbour went ahead with a trade deal with Beijing. Carney said his recent agreement with China merely cuts tariffs on a few sectors that were recently hit with tariffs. Trump claims otherwise, posting that "China is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada. So sad to see it happen. I only hope they leave Ice Hockey alone! President DJT" The prime minister said under the free trade agreement with the US and Mexico there are commitments not to pursue free trade agreements with non-market economies without prior notification. "We have no intention of doing that with China or any other non-market economy," Carney said. "What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last coup

Carney urges Canadians to buy local as trade tensions rise with US

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada's economy is under threat from abroad as he promoted domestic consumption, following warnings from US President Donald Trump over Ottawa's outreach to China

Trump warns China could 'eat up' Canada for opposing Greenland Golden Dome

Trump's outburst comes amid escalating tensions between the US and its northern neighbour, following recent remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the WEF

Trump revokes Canada invitation to join Board of Peace after Davos face-off

US President announced the move in a Truth Social post, a day after formally launching the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Trump says Canada 'lives because of US' after Carney rebukes Washington

Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Trump pointed out his proposed Golden Dome missile shield would also defend Canadian airspace

Nostalgia is not a strategy: Carney's top quotes from WEF 2026 speech

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stressed that the great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, and financial infrastructure as coercion

Canada inks trade truce with China in break from Donald Trump's agenda

PM Mark Carney said he expects China to cut tariffs on Canadian rapeseed after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, in the first visit by a Canadian leader to Beijing in eight years

India-Canada ties 'catching up', says Indian envoy ahead of Carney's visit

After strained ties, Canada PM Mark Carney will visit India soon as both countries aim to reset relations and expand trade amid global tariff tensions

US, Canada to launch formal talks to review free trade pact in mid-January

Canada and the US will launch formal discussions to the review their free trade agreement in mid-January, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The prime minister confirmed to provincial leaders that Dominic LeBlanc, the country's point person for US-Canada trade relations, will meet with US counterparts in mid-January to launch formal discussions," Carney's office said in a statement late Thursday. The United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, or USMCA, is up for review in 2026. US President Donald Trump negotiated the deal in his first term and included a clause to possibly renegotiate the deal in 2026. Carney met with the leaders of Canada's provinces on Thursday to give them an update on trade talks with the US. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and more than 75 per cent of Canada's exports go to the country's southern neighbour. But most exports to the US are currently exempted by USMCA. Trump cut off trade talks to reduce tarif

Canada's US envoy to step down, Mark Wiseman seen as likely successor

Kirsten Hillman, who serves as ambassador and Canada's chief trade negotiator with the US, has informed Carney she will leave both roles in the new year

Trump hints at additional tariffs on Indian rice as trade talks drag

Donald Trump said that American farmers have flagged their concerns about the falling rice prices, blaming rice imports from countries like India, Thailand, and Vietnam

Canada rebuilds trade ties with Asia to counter Trump's tariff plan

In the past three months, Carney has signed a trade deal with Indonesia, moved to boost Canada's gas exports to Asia, and shortlisted a Korean firm for a submarine contract worth tens of billions

Trump adds 10% import tax on Canada for not pulling anti-tariff ad sooner

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10 per cent because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering Trump who said he would end trade talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would pull the ad after the weekend, and it ran Friday night during the first game of the World Series. Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform as he flew aboard Air Force One to Malaysia. "Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. It was not immediately clear when the 10% hike would come into effect, nor whether it would apply to all Canadian ...

Trump not planning to meet Carney amid ongoing spat over Canada trade ad

Shortly before departing, Trump called the commercial "dishonest" and panned the decision to keep airing it during US broadcasts of the World Series

Trump's no. 1 Canadian enemy: Doug Ford embraces his role as antagonist

Ford said the ad will be paused from Monday to allow trade talks to resume but will still air over the weekend during the first two World Series games in Toronto

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada after TV ad protests US tariffs

The announcement came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country's exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump's tariffs