Two nations bound by geography, history, and commerce now find themselves trading blows rather than goods. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, having walked away from collapsed negotiations in Washington, announced retaliatory tariffs on American steel and dairy — a measured but unmistakable answer to US duties that struck at the heart of Canadian industry. The rupture is not merely economic; it signals that a continental partnership long taken for granted is being renegotiated on terms neither side fully controls, and that the architecture of North American trade, built painstakingly over de
Canada retaliates with tariffs as trade tensions with US escalate sharply
Job losses reported in Canada from previous tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum; economic strain on businesses and families in both nations.