Government
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EU tax on Harleys and other iconic US brands aims to ‘make noise’ in trade debate
Will begin taxing US imports worth $3.4 billion in response to Trump’s tariffs on European steel and aluminum.
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Progress made in modernizing NAFTA will make it easier to trade: Freeland
Nine modernization chapters will cut red tape that has made it a hassle for cross-border trade.
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National beer standards are getting a federal overhaul
Explosion of beers on the market, many violate the existing standards for ingredients or fermentation methods.
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US lawmakers rip Trump tariffs enacted in name of national security
Companies are feeling the fallout of higher metals prices and trade retaliation.
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Solar investors expected to snub Ontario in wake of Ford enviro decisions
Money will flow instead to Alberta and US markets, says Toronto-based SolarWall.
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NS boosts oil with $11.8M for research, environmentalists criticize move
Program collects core samples and makes maps of the ocean bottom and sub-bottom.
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Couillard to push back against protectionist US policies
Quebec premier will ‘denounce and mitigate,’ and diversify its export markets going forward.
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Saskatchewan premier pitches changes to federal equalization program
Half of equalization calculated and distributed as it is now, half distributed on a per capita basis.
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Trudeau can’t imagine Trump damaging US with auto tariffs
Will focus on continuing to advance the argument current and future tariffs are bad for both countries.
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Feds will make marijuana legal in Canada on Oct. 17: Trudeau
Larger provinces asked for more time to make the transition to a legal regime.
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Trump’s tariffs: What they are and how they would work
Tariffs were losing favour as a tool of national trade policy until America First.
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Trump assails Canadian tariffs, accuses people of smuggling US goods home
Tariffs slapped on cars and light trucks entering the US sparked major concern among MPs.
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Pot to be legal by mid September after senators pass Bill C-45
Canada becomes the first industrialized country to legalize cannabis nationwide.
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Canada’s push for unfettered trade should begin at home
Supply management is protectionism by another name and shouldn’t be ignored as we seek freer trade.
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Upping ante, Trump threatens new tariffs on Chinese imports
China warns it will retaliate…
