“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

Lawson Whiting, the Brown-Forman CEO and the man behind Jack Daniel’s, called Canada pulling American liquor off our shelves “worse than a tariff … because it’s literally taking your sales away.”

Whiting was quoted in March 2025 when eight provinces cleared their shelves of U.S. booze. Only Alberta and Saskatchewan blinked. A year and a half on, U.S. alcohol exports to Canada have fallen off dramatically — down 81 per cent. The ban has become, improbably, something that gets under Donald Trump’s skin, from a country the U.S. supposedly needs nothing from.

This weekend, hundreds of thousands of people are attending the Iowa State Fair — a major attraction featuring several days of entertainment, a rodeo and even a life-size butter cow that’s been carved every year since 1911.

Much like the Calgary Stampede in Canada, the Iowa State Fair is a crucial stop for politicians to meet voters, making it a hotbed for political debates — especially when U.S. midterms are coming up.

And this year, one of the topics on Iowans’ minds is U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.

Pork chops on a stick, that’s all anyone should care about.

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s Wednesday tariff deadline looms, there are worrying signs that Canadian manufacturers are going to pack up and move south of the border. This is unsurprising for a country that imposes high costs on businesses and seems to have resigned itself to being Trump’s whipping boy.

Last month, KPMG Canada released the results of a survey of 275 Canadian manufacturers conducted in May, which found that 42 per cent of them have considered, or are currently considering, moving production south of the border. Eleven per cent said they’re thinking of moving their head offices to the United States.

In his trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney should seize the opportunity that comes with a strong hand. Because however much pain U.S. President Donald Trump can cause Canadian exporters with his tariffs, his domestic hand is very weak.

Not sure I buy into this analysis.

One of the more intriguing aspects of Canadian society is the observation that Americans constitute the sole nationality toward which citizens may express bias openly. This perception is especially pronounced in Eastern Canada compared to the West, yet a reciprocal sentiment is absent in the US. Such hostility bears an analogy to sibling rivalry and underscores a form of tribalism. Regardless of the motivations behind the recent petition to have the US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra named persona non grata, some Canadians have identified themselves far too closely with the “elbows-up” campaign associated with Prime Minister Mark Carney. To do so, they risk conflating the Prime Minister’s propaganda with their own personal identity. A detailed explanation of this identity fusion was provided by Jasmin Laine recently.

There is no need for urgency in Canada’s efforts to persuade the U.S. to refrain from imposing its latest planned tariffs on Canadian goods that are to take effect on Aug. 19.

No trade deal is better than a bad one that Canada would be stuck with for many years, long after U.S. President Donald Trump has left office.

A tariff regime is difficult to unwind once it is enacted. Former U.S. president Joe Biden left in place many of the tariffs that Trump imposed in his first presidential term.

Appease? Is that what Carney has been doing?

Suddenly, everyone – and their grandmother – seems to be an expert on supply management.

That newfound interest is healthy. Canadians are finally examining the benefits, costs and contradictions of a complicated system affecting roughly one-quarter of the country’s agricultural economy.

For the past year and a half Canadians’ attitude toward Mark Carney might best be described as one of deference.

Where he leads, they more or less said, we will go. We aren’t sure how to handle Donald Trump but we have confidence that Carney will make the right calls. Poll after poll confirmed it: in Mark we trust.

But as Canada faces its latest showdown with Trump, with the prospect of 50-percent tariffs being imposed next week, I sense something important has changed. The public mood is shifting — and it’s shifting in ways that will make it even more difficult to get a deal.

OTTAWA – United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. will not tolerate retaliation from Canada but is hopeful Canadians may take a more conciliatory approach.

“If a country retaliates against us, we’re obviously not going to tolerate that,” said Greer, during a press conference in Des Moine, Iowa, on Friday. “We’ll take action. My sense is the Canadians, they want to have a more conciliatory approach, but we’ll see.”

Should be a fun ride ahead.

Industry insiders say companies are opting to wait and see as the clock ticks down on U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff deadline, rather than rushing shipments across the border to beat the buzzer.

A new round of 50 per cent tariffs on nearly US$20 billion worth of Canadian goods ranging from dairy to down jackets is set to take effect Aug. 19.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said both U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney will now be given “options” following trade talks between Canadian and U.S. trade officials on Thursday.

Greer, who spoke to CBC News exclusively following the talks, called the meetings “good” and “cordial.”

Following the meeting, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters he would “continue to do the work Canadians expect us to do.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada’s trade negotiators are racing to avert 50 per cent tariffs on hundreds of Canadian exports, imposed under the never-before-used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and scheduled to take effect on Aug. 19.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Chief Negotiator Janice Charette are reportedly working with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s team on a deal to present to Trump early next week, aiming to avert the Section 338 tariffs and secure relief from Section 232 tariffs that have battered the lumber, aluminum and steel industries