–China trade war truce that expires in November.

The core team which has played a key role in the trade war with the U.S. is planning to seek re-election, including Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Public Safety

–China trade war 2.0 began, Beijing has found itself in a position where it cannot effectively retaliate, leaving it exhausted and scrambling for solutions.

Ford has also warned that a trade war between Canada and the United States would “create the kind of economic uncertainty that only benefits China.”

It is being replaced by a system of trade nationalism, represented by higher trade barriers and bilateral agreements, but also one of escalating trade wars and geopolitical competition over scarce resources.

Yet as the CCP has tried restricting the availability of the precious materials to other countries, they have become the new focus of a global trade war. We’ll discuss all this and more in this episode of Crossroads.

News Analysis China’s exporters are scrambling to find domestic buyers for their consumer goods as orders from the United States have dried up during an escalating trade war.

-Canada trade war put a damper on those hopes. Tran says housing market activity could pick up if analysts' forecasts of two more cuts this year materialize, as this would lead to lower variable mortgage rates.

Quebec's statistical institute and an industry association for the metal manufacturing and metal processing sector released a report on Thursday on the impacts of the trade war on aluminum, copper, and steel.

Trade War Worries The findings of the survey indicate that Canadians are also apprehensive about the ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. and global instability.

Nova Scotia has become the latest province to scrap electrical vehicle rebates for Teslas due to the CEO's association with the U.S. administration and its trade war on Canada.

The bank said the trade war is expected to reduce economic activity, force businesses to reconsider hiring and investing, and increase inflation.

Perdue, a frequent critic of the Chinese Communist Party, has supported Trump's trade war.

AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said an escalating trade war with the United States adds to the case for more rate cuts.

Senate Minority Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement provided to media outlets that the ruling will “finally give families and small businesses the relief they deserve” and added that Trump should end “this reckless trade war for good.”

ET, triggering a continental trade war. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 662.30 points at 42,528.94. The S&P 500 index was down 97.74 points at 5,751.98, while the Nasdaq composite was down 305.26 points at 18,044.93.

In the fallout from the trade war, Tesla has stopped accepting orders in China for two of its EV models, both of which normally get shipped to China from the United States.

NTD has the details on the escalating trade war with Beijing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that countries that come to the negotiating table—and don't retaliate—would be rewarded. A look at who has hit back and who has not.

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he's willing to work with the Liberals in Parliament on efforts to resolve the trade war with the United States.

Trade wars, splitting global alliances, and internal instability are looking to make the problems even worse. And now, attention is shifting to a top meeting taking place among the heads of the Chinese Communist Party.

–Colombia trade war is now averted after Colombia's president backed down from his initial resistance to two U.S. military flights carrying deported Colombians.

Canada's telecommunications companies don't expect to be hit hard by the ongoing trade war with the U.S. but face other economic challenges that could limit their ability to attract new customers in the near future.

Depending on the outcome of the trade war with the United States, inflation and growth could significantly differ from projections, the ECB said, as it took the unusual step of releasing alternative scenarios to its forecasts.

One day after the federal election, which saw the Bloc's seats reduced considerably, Blanchet told reporters in Montreal that voters want stability in Parliament in order to address the trade war with the United States.

RBA Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter told a recent parliamentary inquiry that while the trade war is expected to slow global growth, Australia is far less exposed than its northern counterpart.

Meanwhile, a Trump official said Mexico was being reactive to U.S. demands while Canada "misunderstood" the tariff threat as a trade war.

-China trade war. Earlier in the year, Beijing had ceased buying American soybeans in favor of crops from South America and other markets, leading to uncertainties for farmers struggling to find buyers as storage options were running thin.

Today, Beijing still dominates the industry and in 2025 used that as leverage in its trade war with the US, spurring urgent action from Washington to attempt to create its own rare earths supply chain.

Phil Scott, the only Republican among the six, said, “A trade war with our friends to the north, our largest trading partner, seems like a bad idea.”

Trump expanded his global trade war on Wednesday by hitting every country, including Canada, with 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum.