Reading Time: 3 minutes The United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48 hours, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, adding that his inbox was full of last-ditch offers from countries to clinch a tariff deal before a July 9 deadline.
U.S. signals trade announcements imminent as deadline looms
Treasury secretary says inbox full of trade offers
India’s Modi to attend G7 summit in Canada
India and Canada to work together “with renewed vigour”
Reading Time: < 1 minute India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looked forward to meeting his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney during the G7 summit, after the latter invited him to the gathering over a phone call on Friday.
China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions
Carney and Li agreed to establish regular communication channels
Reading Time: 2 minutes China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.
China blocks Canada’s request for review of Chinese duties on agriculture, fish
Next meeting June 23
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has blocked Canada's request to set up a dispute panel to review additional import duties by China on certain Canadian farming products and fish, a Geneva-based trade official said on June 5.
Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer
A Canadian law firm is using its website in an attempt to make sense of the ongoing and difficult to understand trade chaos
Reading Time: 3 minutes Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.
EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals
Comments come ahead of visit by Brazil’s Lula
Reading Time: 2 minutes French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.
Manitoba and Ontario vow to remove interprovincial trade barriers
Direct-to-consumer alcohol sales, labour mobility specifically named in memorandum of understanding between Ontario and Manitoba to improve interprovincial trade
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba and Ontario have agreed to remove interprovincial trade barriers and boost the flow of goods between the two provinces.
Mexico says it expects early review of CUSMA trade pact
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico expects a planned review of the CUSMA trilateral trade pact with the U.S. and Canada to kick off ahead of schedule, the nation’s economy minister said on Monday.
Canada’s trade deficit narrows in March
Exports to U.S. dropped 6.6 per cent, almost compensated by exports to rest of the world
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's trade deficit narrowed to C$506 million in March, beating expectations as imports fell at a faster rate than the drop in exports, data showed on Tuesday.
Tariff uncertainty reminiscent of COVID era says Iowa pork producer
U.S. hog group lobbied the Canadian government for exemption from counter-tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes An Iowa pork producer says the ebb and flow of tariffs has introduced major uncertainty into his sector. “The goal posts keep getting moved,” said Aaron Juergens.
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