“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

Doug Ford appears to be throttling back on aggressive anti-Trump rhetoric with key trade talks looming with the United States, stepping up a charm offensive aimed at politicians and lobby groups in the mercurial president’s orbit.

Earlier this week, Ford wrapped the first of three planned trips to the U.S. in June to pitch Ontario’s “Fortress North America” plan to policy-makers and industry leaders.

The premier has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump since the U.S. president imposed his tariff plan on Canada. Ford made his fight against Trump the centrepiece of his successful re-election bid in early 2025 and even vowed to campaign against Trump in the mid-terms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chinese EVs may be coming to Canada, but they might not get you very far south.

Michigan Democrats don’t want them crossing the border. Senator Elissa Slotkin and Congresswoman Haley Stevens recently announced their proposed Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act, which aims to block Chinese connected vehicles from entering the U.S. through Mexico and Canada.

It’s not a “fake” problem if the legislation is signed into law.

Well Carney won’t ever have worry about driving his Chinese EV across the border so it’s all good.

U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on the idea that he will renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade come July 1. By that deadline, each of the three countries need to indicate if they will renew the trade deal that came into effect in 2020 for a further 16 years, if they will withdraw from it or allow the original 16-year process to play out but with annual reviews.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Doug Ford is not known for playing nice with Donald Trump. The Ontario premier has repeatedly condemned the president’s 51st state rhetoric and boldly removed American booze exports from their biggest market: Ontario’s shelves.

It was also notably Ford’s Ronald Reagan ad that reportedly led to the breakdown in U.S.-Canada trade talks last year.

U.S. President Donald Trump is once again dangling the threat of withdrawing from his country’s free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, even though his trade officials are in talks on renewing it.

Speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump said he is “not looking to renew” the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) when it comes up for a review on July 1, six years after it took effect.

While the agreement doesn’t actually expire until 2036, any country can withdraw from it by giving six months’ notice.

#BREAKING: As the Carney Liberals switch up their strategy to suck up to Donald Trump and push "Fortress North America," Trump says he's NOT INTERESTED in renewing CUSMA.

TWO MILLION Canadian jobs are reliant on that trade deal.

Meanwhile, Mark Carney has signed ZERO new trade… pic.twitter.com/OcCVYUddpO

— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) June 10, 2026

Doug Ford being on Donald Trump’s naughty list cost him a meeting and reception with American business leaders Monday night. A planned reception hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its Board Chair, Ross Perot Jr., was abruptly cancelled.

The meeting was one of the few that Ford’s office released details ahead of his trip.

Ottawa will direct the broadcasting regulator to scrap its requirements for foreign streaming platforms to fund local news and niche broadcasters in Canada, according to two senior government sources.

The federal government is planning a series of steps that would require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC, to roll back key decisions it has made implementing the controversial Online Streaming Act.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., and Detroit has been “essentially complete” since February, but a major lawsuit challenging Canada’s decision to build it may not reach trial until 2027 or 2028, according to a newly obtained federal briefing note.

The information was contained in the heavily redacted briefing note prepared for federal Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson by deputy minister Paul Halucha.

The note is dated Feb. 17, 2026, and was obtained by CBC News through an an access-to-information request.

Premier Doug Ford is jetting off to Washington to promote free trade and lobby against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian products.

With the looming July 1 deadline for a mandatory review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) that covers about 85 per cent of trade, Ford is hosting a reception Monday with Ross Perot Jr.

The billionaire son of former U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot is the chair of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organization, which has opposed Trump’s tariffs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his negotiating team made “some progress” during trade talks in Washington this week, but there’s “lots more to do” to land an overall agreement.

Carney’s comments on Thursday came as Canada-U.S. Trade minister Dominic LeBlanc and the country’s chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, briefed a special advisory council for more than two hours about their meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Flavio Volpe, who sits on the advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations, described the briefing as “very candid” and said the details suggest conversations are moving in the right direction.

I just do not believe a words he says.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mexican leaders are weighing a U.S. proposal to revise the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement’s (CUSMA) auto rules of origin — changes that could force a major restructuring of North America’s tightly integrated auto supply chains.

Last week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s team told their Mexican counterparts that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to raise the overall required North American parts threshold from 75 to 82 per cent and, more controversially, require that 50 per cent of all components originate specifically in the United States.