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An 'Iron Dome' for North America? Talk heats up about Canada joining U.S. missile defence
Cross-border tensions or not, there's growing talk in Washington that Canada and the U.S. could expand their military co-operation in a continental missile shield.
How a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. led Canada's premiers to an $85,000-a-month lobbying firm
It was at an encounter with the U.S. president's son that Yukon's premier met the head of a lobby firm that helped organize this week's trip to Washington, and which has now been hired to represent the provinces in the U.S.
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Trump vs. the last democratic guardrail: the courts
After a series of legal setbacks, Donald Trump has stopped short of crossing the democratic Rubicon — outright defying a court order, a line no U.S. president has breached in at least a century and a half.
Tariffs atop tariffs? White House says levies on Canada would be cumulative
At the moment, the U.S. is threatening two actions: a worldwide tariff of 25 per cent on steel and aluminum starting March 12, and it has also paused, until March 4, the threat of an economy-wide 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico while it works on border-security deals with both countries.
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Washington's view on annexing Canada: This is a joke, right? Right?
Donald Trump's repeated talk of annexing Canada is almost universally treated as a joke in Washington. Or, maybe, as a negotiating ploy. If it's neither, the U.S. president would face a Himalayan climb to make it a reality.
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Trump's trade pick gets an earful on Canada tariffs
Thursday’s hearing wasn’t a sign of congressional action — it was a political weather vane, showing which way the politics is blowing. And the message to Trump’s pick for trade representative was: Don't apply big tariffs on Canada.
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Genius dealmaker, or gullible rube? Washington weighs Trump's deal with Canada
The reaction in Washington to the Canada-U.S. deal to pause tariffs is as polarized as the politics. To those on the U.S. right, Trump is a negotiating genius who achieved big wins. To the left, he’s a self-obsessed sucker who got duped by old promises in fresh paint. But most don't know what's in the plan. Canadians should.
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One negotiation with Trump, done. On to Round 2
Canadians spent months passionately debating about what U.S. President Donald Trump really wants from us. Is it just some border fixes, or broader economic changes? It turns out, both are correct. It’s all of the above.
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This isn't just a trade spat. North America changed today
Canada isn't just at risk of a recession. It faces a reordering of economic ties between the two countries that were built by generations since the Great Depression — and a scrambling of the world we've known.
Trump team details two phases of tariff threats on Canada
The U.S. is threatening a two-stage tariff plan in which Canada and Mexico could get hit with initial trade penalties within days then face broader penalties this spring.