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A banner announces the construction of a photovoltaic solar farm in Cabaiguan, Cuba, on May 21, 2025.
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HARD NUMBERS: China becomes top Cuba benefactor, Canada backs down, & More

Can Trump and Carney reset US-Canada relations?
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Can Trump and Carney reset US-Canada relations?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets President Donald Trump in the White House. In a new Quick Take, Ian Bremmer discusses their meeting and the US-Canada relationship.

Canadians take aim at US businesses
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Canadians take aim at US businesses

Even before Trump’s tariff announcement on Wednesday, Canadian consumers were engaged in a grassroots trade war aimed at hurting American companies. The “Buy Canadian” movement is having a moment.

Flags of Canada and China.
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HARD NUMBERS: China executes Canadians, Tariffs slow economic growth, Canada buys Australian tech, Fed keeps rates steady, Egg seizures escalate while drug busts drop

President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
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The tariff waltz continues as everyone is set to lose

US tariffs and the resulting counter-tariffs threaten to disrupt supply chains, drive profits down for manufacturers, lead to job losses, and raise prices for consumers on both sides of the border.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford
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Canada and US to discuss renewed USMCA following tariff de-escalation

In a major development on Tuesday, Ontario, Canada, suspended its 25% surcharge on exports of electricity to Michigan, New York, and Minnesota. The announcement followed US President Donald Trump’s threat Tuesday morning that tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports would increase from 25% to 50% starting March 12. Ford’s change or heart prompted Trump to reverse course as well.

​President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Ronald Reagan, and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at the bottom.
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Donald Trump is making Canadian nationalism great again

Canadian nationalism is surging as Donald Trump threatens the country with tariffs and annexation. Struggles over free trade and talk about Canada becoming the 51st state aren’t new; in fact, the history of US-Canada trade conflicts and worries about Canadian sovereignty go back more than a century. But this time, things may be different. To understand the roots of Canadian nationalism and both the parallels and differences between past and present US-Canada battles, GZERO’s David Moscrop spoke with historian Asa McKercher.

Can Canada quit the United States?
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Can Canada quit the United States?

To get a sense of what Canada could do to fight back against US tariffs, while developing a long-term plan to build economic resilience, GZERO’s David Moscrop spoke to economist Kevin Milligan, director of the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia.

​Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined by Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, and Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty, as he responds to President Donald Trump's orders to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, in Ottawa, Ontario, on Feb. 1, 2025.
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Trump ignites trade war. Will there be a legal response?

The US president has imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and threatened to escalate further if the countries retaliated, which they have already done. Is Trump’s move legal? What’s likely to come next?

A handshake, where one arm has a Canadian flag on its sleeve and the other the US, but there is a crack in the center of the handshake
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Exclusive New Poll: US-Canada – Tariff-ied of What’s to Come?

It’s not a beautiful day in the North American neighborhood. Two days before the Feb. 1 deadline Donald Trump set to impose tariffs on Canada, Abacus Data and GZERO Media have an exclusive new poll on American attitudes toward their closest ally and neighbor. Publisher Evan Solomon dives into the numbers and what they mean.