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Trump says U.S. to impose 35% tariffs on Canada starting August 1
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose a 35 percent tariff on imports from Canada next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15 percent or 20 percent on most other trading partners. In a letter...

Elon Musk's Tesla Cleared Of Fraud By Canada In $43 Million ZEV Rebates Case: Report
Transport Canada, the apex regulatory body in Canada that oversees transport regulations in the country, cleared Tesla Inc. TSLA of any wrongdoing in Canada's Incentives for Zero Emission Vehicles (iZEV) rebate program. What Happened: The agency...

Trump Announces 35% Tariff on Canadian Imports Starting August 1 Amid Trade and Fentanyl Dispute
US President Donald Trump has announced that a 35% tariff will be imposed on goods imported from Canada starting August 1, 2025, intensifying a major trade dispute. The announcement, made in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and...

Trump threatens Canada, Brazil with steep tariffs, escalating global trade tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 35 percent tariff on Canadian exports starting August 1, intensifying his aggressive trade stance amid ongoing negotiations with America’s North American partners. In a letter sent Thursday to...

Lessons from Middle Powers for the EU’s China Policy: Japan, Canada and Australia
In anticipation of the late July EU-China summit in Beijing, held at China’s insistence, there are so far no visible concessions from the Chinese side. Europe should thereafter consider the recent experience of some middle powers in dealing with...

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Wellington is in for a tempestuous election campaign
The Wellington Mayoral race was supposed to be winding down into boring town. Tory went wild, had a tipsy whirlwind on Courtenay Place. A bit of booze, a bit of dine and dashing. It was salacious, it was scandalous. As stories of late-night...

Trump Escalates Trade Tensions With Canada and Eyes Global Tariff Hikes
President Donald Trump intensified his confrontational trade agenda late Thursday by announcing a proposed 35% tariff on Canadian imports, potentially deepening an already volatile relationship with one of the United States’ most crucial trading...

The US has imposed a 35% tariff on Canada
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 35% tariff on Canada. The tariffs will take effect on goods imported from Canada on August 1. Trump has stressed that the tariff could increase further if Canada retaliates. “The new tariff will take effect...

At the centre of Trump’s America, Come From Away takes on a newly political edge
St. Louis is a city of transition. In the summertime, its climate swings wildly between scorching heat and torrential rain. Geographically, it marks the historical border between the eastern and western halves of the United States, a demarcation...

Asylum claims in Canada soaring as US tightens immigration policies
A growing number of migrants in the U.S. are heading north to seek asylum, even as Canada adopts increasingly restrictive immigration policies of its own. During the first six days of July, Canadian officials at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border...

Trump Slaps 35% Tariff on Canadian Imports; PM Mark Carney Vows to Defend Businesses
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to defend Canadian businesses after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 35% tariff on Canadian goods, effective August 1, 2025. The move marks a dramatic escalation in ongoing trade tensions...

Trump threatens 35% tariff on Canadian imports
2025-07-11T08:01:27+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Washington US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 35% tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1. In a letter published Thursday on his Truth Social,...

Trump imposes 35% tariff on Canadian imports from August 1: ‘Instead of working with US…’
Washington: US President Donald Trump in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will face a 35 percent tariff on exports to the United States starting from August 1. Notably, this is the latest of more than 20 such letters issued by...

Trump to impose 35 per cent tariff on Canadian imports from August 1
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced a 35 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada, effective August 1, citing what he referred to as Canada’s insufficient efforts in curbing the flow of fentanyl into the United States. In a...

EU readies for escalation as Trump puts 35% tariff on Canada
Canada is facing a 35% tariff on its exports to the US at the start of August, according to a letter released on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social media platform. In the letter, Trump told Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney that the new...

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Daniel Bradley, one of the younger athletes working to earn a spot on the Canadian national sliding team, pauses for a break during a session at the start track at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Thursday, July 3. (News photo — Grace McIntyre)LAKE PLACID...

In the news today: Trump threatens Canada with 35 per cent tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canada on Aug. 1 in letter posted online U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 35 per cent tariffs on...

Trump to raise Canadian tariffs to 35%
Trump to raise Canadian tariffs to 35% WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said in a Thursday letter that he will raise taxes on imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a...

How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow
With a fresh wave of patriotic calls for Canada to scale its domestic tech sector, industry players say there are opportunities to better attract and retain homegrown talent and knock down barriers that are preventing companies from growing. With...

Trump Announces 35 Percent Tariff on Canada, Possible 15–20 Percent Tariffs on Other Countries
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets U.S. President Donald Trump during an arrival ceremony at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP...