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We can’t address climate change without decarbonizing sectors like steel, cement, aluminum and oil & gas. But decarbonizing production of these goods raises costs (at least for now), and in these heavily traded sectors that risks shifting emissions to countries that don’t have ambitious climate policies — a phenomenon known as carbon leakage.

"Canadian businesses just have to be prepared for some challenges over the next four years, no matter who wins," said Keller, a vice-president with government relations firm StrategyCorp.

There are good reasons for Canada to seek changes to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement would make the trade deal more worker- and climate-focused.

Canada uses supply management to prioritize food security. It should use the same rationale to help Mexico avert a corn crisis.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is broadening its pushback against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

U.S. President Joe Biden is embarking on a 27-hour whirlwind visit to Ottawa, where he will meet Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament — his first bilateral sojourn north as commander-in-chief.

U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning on Thursday, March 23, 2023, to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021.

Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding.

The United States doubled down on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in its ongoing dispute with Canada over dairy imports, accusing one of its closest trading partners of shirking its responsibilities under the terms of North America's three-year-old trade agreement.

Canada and Mexico basked on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in the glow of a major trade win over the United States as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up a trilateral summit aimed at charting a course for North American excellence. 

Upon closer inspection, the treaty Canada negotiated with the European Union from 2009 to 2014 is completely out of step with the times. To begin with, it contains no reference to the Paris climate agreement.

Washington has raised concerns about the trade implications of Ottawa's online-streaming bill, prompting a legal expert to warn that Canada could face hundreds of millions of dollars of retaliatory tariffs if it becomes law.

Canada joined forces on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, with the United States in a bilateral effort to push back against what they consider protectionist energy policies in Mexico that violate both the spirit and the letter of North America's new trade rules.

Dairy industry advocates and trade officials in the United States celebrated a rare win over Canada on on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, after a panel of arbitrators agreed that America's northern neighbour is denying U.S. producers their fair share of access to the Canadian market.

Canadian dairy farmers will receive over $1.4 billion in the next three years from the federal government to compensate for recent trade deals.