Trade War

The US is waging a trade war on Canada and destabilizing the climate. The CPP is pouring billions into the effort The post The Canada Pension Plan Is Funding Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Ambitions first appeared on The Walrus...Read More

Editor’s note, February 21, 4 pm ET: President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would impose a global tariff of 15 percent to replace the tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. The following story was originally published on February 20. The Supreme Court just upended President Donald Trump’s trade…

President Donald Trump spent much of the past year engineering price increases, financial panics, and trade wars. Nonetheless, despite his best efforts, he is presiding over a pretty good economy. Or so the headline statistics would suggest. Last week, a pair of government reports showed robust job growth and slowing…

Investigates · CBC Investigates Despite the U.S. trade war and President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, this country's biggest pension funds remain heavily invested in the U.S. The Canada Pension Plan announced this week that it has grown to a record $780.7 billion in assets, with 47 per cent…

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The House is set to rebuke Donald Trump’s signature economic policy Wednesday following Speaker Mike Johnson’s failure late last night to contain GOP unrest over the administration’s trade war. The chamber will vote on a resolution offered by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) to overturn the president’s Canadian tariffs...Read More

India has finalized significant trade deals with the EU and USA, marking a radical shift in its foreign policy and economic strategy. These agreements could reshape its industry landscape. During the previous weeks India finalized two trade deals with entities which matter in its trade map. A deal was finalized…

Hindsight is 20/20, and the president now has a tentative solution to last year’s minerals snafu with China: a strategic reserve. This probably could have been handled sooner. Way back in 2019, China dropped not-so-subtle hints that it might retaliate against Trump 1.0 era trade restrictions by withholding minerals crucial…

Modi’s government presents annual budget, focusing on sustaining growth despite volatile financial markets and trade uncertainty. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has unveiled its annual budget, aiming for steady growth in an uncertain global economy rocked by recent tariff wars. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for the…

Business · Analysis Canada hopes to double its exports to countries other than the U.S. as a way of blunting the impact of the trade war. But that will take time and money. What can Canada get done as tariffs squeeze the economy? Supply chain capacity could slow down Canada's…