“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

‘It’s time to talk’: Carney rules out hitting the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday his government is not considering hitting American goods with more retaliatory tariffs, even as the trade war rages on, because there are signs that the bilateral talks on relief are headed in the right direction.

Carney is facing pressure from some premiers, like Ontario’s Doug Ford, and organized labour to take on U.S. President Donald Trump as he ramps up his tariffs on critical sectors — levies that have drawn jobs and investment away from Canada.

You have to shame Grok in order to get anything close to a realistic portrait of Carney, or any other figure on the Liberal Left it seems.

Grok pretending this is Mark Carney
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Pierre Poilievre says he’d stand up to Donald Trump while taking a page from his playbook

Pierre Poilievre put out a series of holiday-themed posts on social media over the Thanksgiving weekend — photos of the family, praise for the work being done by food banks.

One post, however, departed from all the warm fuzziness. It was an endorsement of a petition from one of his MPs calling for an end to diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government. ”Sign here. End DEI. Restore the merit principle,” the Conservative leader said.

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Canadian leaders are naive to be shocked over Stellantis pulling Jeeps from Brampton

The biggest surprise about Stellantis’s decision to move production of its Jeep Compass model to Illinois from Brampton and put 3,000 Canadian jobs in limbo is not that it happened but the level of shock among Canadian leaders that it did.

From Ottawa to Queen’s Park to the mayor’s chambers in Brampton, the gasps of apparent disbelief, hurt and betrayal were breathtakingly naive.

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High-level trade talks continue in Washington as Canada looks for breakthrough

High-level trade talks between Canadian and U.S. officials are trudging on this week in Washington, D.C., where Canada is looking to strike deals on specific economic sectors currently bedeviling trade relations between the two countries.

Dominic LeBlanc, the minister of Canada-U.S. Trade, Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia and other officials are specifically focused in the short term on securing deals for the steel, aluminum and energy sectors.

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‘Shock after shock:’ Ontario’s automaking heartland devastated after Stellantis’ Brampton bombshell

Canada’s automotive heartland is reeling a day after Stellantis delivered a blow to hopes it will restart its assembly plant in Brampton.

”I am very concerned, very concerned for the future of the auto industry in Ontario,” said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Stellantis announced a $13-billion U.S. manufacturing expansion, and is moving production of its popular Jeep Compass from Brampton to Illinois.

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Ottawa threatens to sue Stellantis over move to shift Jeep production to U.S.

The Government of Canada is threatening to sue automaker Stellantis NV over its move to shift production of the Jeep Compass to Illinois from Brampton, Ont.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly issued the warning in a letter to Antonio Filosa, chief executive officer of Stellantis, which on Tuesday unveiled a US$13-billion plan to boost auto production in the United States by 50 per cent over four years.

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Team Canada shoots on its own net in trade talks with China

There goes Team Canada.

The rock-solid group of premiers fighting as one in a trade war are being chipped apart, their united front undone not just by the threats of U.S. President Donald Trump but by the promises of the Chinese ambassador Wang Di.

Now Canada, caught in a trade war with two capricious superpower partners, is negotiating against itself. This country might as well put up a sign inviting bigger players to come to fleece us.

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Canada must call China’s bluff on canola

China’s decision to slap duties on Canadian canola is meant to send a message: submit to removing the tariff on Chinese EVs, or pay the price. For too long, Beijing has treated Canadian farmers as pawns in a geopolitical chess game. But this time, the message should go the other way. Canada holds the trump card. If we call China’s bluff, absorb the short-term cost, and invest in value-added capacity, we can break the cycle of economic coercion once and for all.

This is a wish dream.

Canada’s Titans of industry are corporate welfare bums unwilling to invest to improve productivity.

Instead they live it up behind a gated community of government supported cartels, tax payer subsidies, interprovincial trade barriers and the import of masses of unskilled labour.

This is what the Elbow people are protecting.

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Ford calls on Stellantis to ‘live up to their promise’ to Brampton workers

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Stellantis to “live up to their promise” to Brampton workers after the automaker was reported to be moving production slated for an assembly plant to Illinois.

In a statement, Ford says he has spoken with Stellantis to stress his “disappointment with their decision to prioritize investment into the U.S.”

If I were Ford I would be calling Trump bad names and stuff.

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Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep model in Ontario, shifts to U.S.

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. — a move that will take production of one model out of Ontario, raising concern about Canadian jobs.

The company, formerly known as Chrysler, says the Jeep Compass, previously slated to be made at the Brampton Assembly Plant, will move to the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois.

… The Brampton, Ont., plant has been shut down since early 2024 for retooling to build the next generation model of the vehicle, but that work was halted in February as a tariff threat loomed.

It sucks for Brampton’s employees but we can only expect more of the same as assembly heads back to the US. 

If Carney throws up his hands and lifts the China EV tariffs thus saving canola farmers he may win some friends in the west.

Given Canada’s auto industry is going to be gutted no matter what China may be Carney’s preferred choice.

However my guess is the US will retaliate against Canada in other economic segments for what will be perceived as Carney’s ChiCom appeasement.

Meanwhile Carney served up the Usual slop for his Elbow people.

PS – can anyone confirm that the Jeep Compass model moved to the US was the EV version? Oh the Ironing!

h/t Hermes

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