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John Sitilides, who specializes in U.S. government relations, geopolitical risk and international affairs, has been following Donal Trump’s actions since the mid-1980s when he first met him. Photo: Greg Price

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico have more than doubled folowing transition from NAFTA to CUSMA

By Greg Price March 21, 2025

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.

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U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent

By Robert Arnason March 12, 2025

While Donald Trump may believe the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement is ripping off ordinary Americans, data shows that it's helping U.S. dairy farmers.

File photo of the Canada-U.S. border crossing connecting Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Michigan. (Eyfoto/iStock/Getty Images)

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Tariffs – where do we stand now?

By Jeff Melchior March 7, 2025

As of March 7, goods under CUSMA were exempted from U.S. tariffs until April 2. Canadian tariffs on $30 billion of American goods remained in place.

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

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Trump delays tariffs for goods covered under Mexico, Canada trade deal

By Katharine Jackson, Reuters March 6, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday exempted goods from both Canada and Mexico under a North American trade pact for a month from the 25 per cent tariffs that he had imposed earlier this week

A truck at the U.S. – Canada border. PHOTO: FILE

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Tariffs Day 1 | Trade war commences as Canadian agricultural sector braces

Canada and China respond in kind, agriculture groups call for support and strategy

By Gord Gilmour March 4, 2025

As of March 4, 2025 U.S. president Donald Trump’s threat of imposing a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods has become a reality. Canada has immediately applied retaliatory tariffs, but the true scope of the fallout from this action is yet to be determined.

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Canadian, Mexican agri-food sectors must co-operate amid tensions with U.S. says ambassador

By Jonah Grignon February 26, 2025

Canada and Mexico must build on a strong agricultural trade relationship to secure trade resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, says Carlos Joaquin Gonzales, Mexico's ambassador to Canada.

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US wins Mexico GM corn dispute case as panel finds curbs not science-based

By Reuters December 23, 2024

A trade-dispute panel ruled on Friday that Mexico's restrictions on U.S. genetically modified corn exports violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, handing the Biden administration a major trade victory in its final weeks.

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

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Mexico doing all it can to protect trade agreement with US, Canada, official says

By Kylie Madry, Reuters December 6, 2024

Mexico is doing everything it can to protect a regional trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, the Latin American nation's deputy economy minister said in an interview published on Friday.

Workers on a paint assembly line at Deere and Co.'s seeding equipment manufacturing plant at Moline, Illinois in 2016.

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Editor’s Rant: Next order of business

By Dave Bedard December 3, 2024

Given all that’s known so far about the guy, I’m not optimistic. Whether you or I like him or not, though, by this time next month, he’ll again be president of the United States. To anyone suggesting Canadians should just clam up about this development south of the border and mind our own business, I’d […] Read more

A view shows a hat in support of Republican Donald Trump, after he won the U.S. presidential election, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

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Trump taps Jamieson Greer as US trade representative to ramp up tariff plans

By David Lawder, Reuters November 27, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as his new U.S. trade representative, elevating a key veteran of his first-term trade war against China to execute a sweeping tariff agenda that promises to upend global trade.

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Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent

Tariffs – where do we stand now?

Trump delays tariffs for goods covered under Mexico, Canada trade deal

Tariffs Day 1 | Trade war commences as Canadian agricultural sector braces

Canadian, Mexican agri-food sectors must co-operate amid tensions with U.S. says ambassador

US wins Mexico GM corn dispute case as panel finds curbs not science-based

Mexico doing all it can to protect trade agreement with US, Canada, official says

Editor’s Rant: Next order of business

Trump taps Jamieson Greer as US trade representative to ramp up tariff plans

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