“Canada – USA Tariff Wars” – Page 36

Hot mic moment at G7 catches Carney, Trump talking about Chinese EVs

Prime Minister Mark Carney may not have a bilateral meeting planned yet with U.S. President Donald Trump, but a hot microphone caught them talking about trade at the G7 leaders’ summit in Évian-les-Bains, France.

Carney can be seen on camera, leaning in to talk to Trump, who was sitting at the leaders’ table ahead of a working luncheon.

A microphone in the room faintly picks them up, apparently talking about Canada’s recent agreement with China to allow a small number of Chinese EVs into the Canadian market at a lower tariff rate.

The CBC is optimistic all our troubles are solved.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2026June 16, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Joly to meet Chinese EV makers in Shanghai in bid to attract auto sector investment

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says she will be meeting with four Chinese companies that are considering building electric vehicles in Canada when she visits China this week in an effort to attract investment to this country’s auto sector.

The four companies – BYD, Chery, Geely and Shanghai Launch Automotive Technology – have been examining possible investments in Canada, Ms. Joly said in an interview. Shanghai Launch’s proposal includes a partnership with British automaker Austin Motor Co., she added.

Canada is a very small market, without US access the ChiComs will just smile and wave at Joly but if she offers to subsidize China’s slavers with tax payer dollars they might perk up a bit.

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2026June 15, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Is the U.S. travel boycott over? More Canadians journey south of the border for the second month in a row

After 15 months of declines in Canadians travelling to the United States, new Statistics Canada data suggests the U.S. travel boycott is coming to an end.

In May, Canadian return trips from the U.S. totalled 1.9 million, up 9.5 per cent from the same month in 2025 and the second consecutive month of year-over-year growth.

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2026June 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

A more conciliatory Ford says ‘I love the U.S.’ as trade talks loom

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2026June 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Michigan Democrats push to ban Chinese EVs in Canada from crossing border — trade watchers call it a ‘fake problem’

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 12, 2026June 12, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Carney’s trade “deals” contingent on Canada’s access to the US market

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has captured global attention by championing the idea of an alliance of mid-level economic powers that would operate beyond President Donald Trump’s increasingly protectionist United States.

Yet Carney’s push to lessen dependence on the U.S. is colliding with a stubborn reality: access to American markets remains a crucial part of Canada’s appeal to prospective trading partners, according to interviews with a dozen government officials and business leaders.

by Blazingcatfur•June 12, 2026June 12, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump is unlikely to rip up CUSMA, his trade deal with Canada and Mexico. Here’s why

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump once again flexing his power to scrap his country’s free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, there’s plenty of reason to doubt he would actually follow through on such a threat.

Trump signed the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in his first term and at the time boasted of it as “the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 12, 2026June 11, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Honda just issued a warning about its future in Canada. That could inadvertently hand a win to Chinese EV makers

One of Ontario’s biggest and most reliable automakers is warning Canadians not to take its presence here for granted.

“Companies don’t automatically keep building vehicles in the same country just because it’s always been that way,” Honda Canada president Dave Jamieson told an industry summit convened by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Vaughan this week.

It wasn’t a throwaway line. Jamieson spent almost his entire speech — one of his first since taking the job last year — making the case that Canada is at a policy crossroads that could determine whether his company keeps investing in its manufacturing base in Alliston, Ont.

by Blazingcatfur•June 11, 2026June 11, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

LILLEY: Donald Trump hedges his bets on CUSMA renewal despite hints of progress

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 11, 2026June 10, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Can Doug Ford win over America? Or will he do more harm than good?

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 11, 2026June 10, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Trump threatens not to renew trade deal with Canada, Mexico

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

by Blazingcatfur•June 10, 2026June 10, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

LILLEY: Doug Ford’s big reception in D.C. cancelled over Trump

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 10, 2026June 9, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

US adds China EV manufacturer BYD to list of firms with alleged Chinese military ties

The US has added several major firms from China, including e-commerce giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD, to a list of companies said to have ties with the Chinese military.

The Department of Defense’s list aims to alert American organisations to the risks of doing business with the Chinese firms, but their inclusion does not mean they are immediately sanctioned.

The Chinese embassy in the US told the BBC the list was “discriminatory” and said firms from China have strictly complied with the laws abroad.

This should make Carney happy.

BYD confirms Canada launch for late 2026 with 20+ dealerships and C$25,000 start price

by Blazingcatfur•June 9, 2026June 9, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Ottawa to tell CRTC to scrap demand for foreign streamers to fund local news, niche broadcasters

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 8, 2026June 8, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is ‘essentially complete.’ The fight over it is not

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.

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2026June 6, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"