The Aporia
The Aporia
16 articles about 14 events for “US Canada Trade Tensions” from The Guardian.
“Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of American imports have come into effect, escalating a trade fight that has been marked by intensifying tensions between the US president, Donald Trump, and the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney.”
“Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of US imports have come into effect, escalating a trade fight that has been marked by intensifying tensions between Donald Trump and Mark Carney.”
“But Donald Trump’s US trade representative, hitherto one of the president’s less high-profile cabinet members, found himself in that uncomfortable position amid the acrimonious collapse of bilateral trade talks with Canada that now threatens to degenerate…”
“France and Canada, which also joined the UK in the settlement trade ban, have not had action taken against them.”
“The import ban “certainly won’t do anything to help the trade tensions between the United States and Canada’,’ said trade attorney Patrick Childress, a partner at Holland + Knight and a former US trade official.”
“…o the Princess of Wales, and when he struck a controversial trade deal that will force the NHS to spend more on US-branded drugs (the deal, for which the US agreed not to put tariffs on British pharmaceutical exports, could cost the NHS as much as £44.7bn by…”
“In recent weeks Trump has stepped up his trade war with Canada, a long-term US ally and the country’s biggest supplier of potash.”
“The leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.”
“As trade talks with Canada shambled toward collapse in late August, Donald Trump brayed on Truth Social: “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!””
“Canada has something the EU desperately needs – rich supplies of CRM and rare earths – and the EU has something Canada urgently wants: new market for products it can no longer sell into the EU in the face of a trade war with Donald Trump.”
“Despite a deliberate push to increase global trade, Carney acknowledged the geographic realities of Canada’s proximity to its southern neighbour, and the reality, which most economists concede, that the US will remain Canada’s largest trading partner.”
“In the midst of a burgeoning trade war between the US and Canada, Hegseth – who has previously railed against “fat” generals and instituted testosterone tests for service personnel – found time to wade in by apparently “body shaming” two Canadian female…”
“Donald Trump celebrated the news that Apple had fulfilled his request to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for Maps app users in the US following an executive order that came amid rising trade tensions between the US and Canada.”
“The latest tweak of Canada’s nose by the US president comes as tensions fray between the US and its northern neighbor.”
“Instead, Trump and his team demonstrated the art of collapsing the deal, as trade talks fell apart due to what Canada said were unreasonable, last-minute demands from the US side.”
“Tensions flared again in July 2026 when the White House announced the 50% tariffs, saying that it sought to hold Canada accountable for discrimination against US-produced cars, alcohol and dairy products.”