Day: March 7, 2025

ICYMI: US president says Mexican products covered by USMCA pact will be exempt until 2 April but criticises Trudeau

Donald Trump pulled back from his trade war with Mexico on Thursday, temporarily delaying tariffs on many goods from the country once again, but continued to attack Canada.

Two days after imposing sweeping tariffs on all imports from his country’s closest trading partners, the US president announced that duties on a wide range of products from Mexico would be shelved until April. Continue reading…
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The locations are also the centre of the industry’s new Cineventure Campaign, which guides visitors to locations where their favourite series and movies were shot.
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Canadian parents were in a bind not too long ago over infant formula shortages caused by a U.S. plant closure in February 2022. Those shortages lasted for months in 2022 and 2023.
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The Nova Scotia government has announced $23.7 million to help transition houses amid a spate of intimate-partner violence in the province.
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Comments come as Trump vows to dramatically downsize government, including with mass firings of federal employees

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has scrambled to convince Donald Trump to lift tariffs on his country, which together with Mexico and China is one of the US’s largest trading partners.

That effort included a phone call between the two leaders on Wednesday, which appears to have had some effect – on Thursday, Trump exempted Canada from some of the tariffs he had imposed, along with Mexico.

Trudeau responded Tuesday by placing tariffs on the US, and he questioned whether further negotiations would make any difference, accusing Trump of acting in “bad faith.” The two leaders eventually spoke Wednesday morning, an exchange Trump said ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner. A person familiar with the matter said the call grew heated and included profanity. Continue reading…
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