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US President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019, during Trump’s first term.

Trudeau ready to slap Trump with counter-tariffs in potential trade war

Canada buys more US-made goods than any other country – about $520 billion in the first 11 months of last year.

  • Curtis Heinzl

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Trump with Greenland and Canada map

So Trump wants Greenland? Don’t laugh, America’s been here before

The president-elect won’t rule out the US seizing Greenland by force, or annexing Canada. But America first made these overtures in 1868.

  • Stuart Rollo
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. His father, Pierre Trudeau (left) was elected prime minister in the 1968 and served until 1984. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre (right) appears likely to win the next election.

Trudeau’s global fans might be surprised by his demise. No one in Canada is

Canada’s Conservative Party has carved out large leads in the polls among younger voters, those with migrant backgrounds and blue-collar workers.

  • Scott Ryan
Justin Trudeau and then-president Donald Trump in 2017.

How Trump’s taunts and threats added to the woes confronting Justin Trudeau

After more than a decade as prime minister, Justin Trudeau has succumbed to unpopularity at home - but what role did Donald Trump play in his departure?

  • Patrick James
Trudeau’s deputy PM resigned last week. Next month, the government faces a vote of no confidence.

Justin Trudeau was once the ‘golden boy’ of Canadian politics. But he lost his shine

While Trudeau was initially applauded for returning Canada to its progressive past, he has become widely unpopular recently, under pressure from forces he can’t control.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as party leader.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns as party leader

The Canadian prime minister was celebrated for returning the country to its liberal past after he was elected in 2015, but he has since become widely unpopular.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canada PM Justin Trudeau to announce resignation as early as this week: report

Trudeau’s resignation is likely to spur fresh calls for a quick election to put in place a government able to deal with US President-elect Donald Trump for the next four years.

  • Gursimran Kaur
A view of Monterrey in Mexico, a country that emerged as an attractive manufacturing hub for U.S.-focused companies as tariffs on Chinese imports and pandemic shipping costs highlighted overseas risks.

‘Trump hates China more’: Mexicans bet that Trump is bluffing on tariffs

As Donald Trump vows an expanded trade war, Mexican businesses are continuing with factory expansions. They assume Mexico remains central to America’s goal to be less dependent on China.

  • Peter S. Goodman
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Justin Trudeau was one of the world’s most popular leaders. Now he’s toast

His deputy PM has quit, his government faces a vote of no confidence and critics want him to take the same “walk in the snow” his father did four decades ago.

  • Matina Stevis-Gridneff

In defence of the middle ground on Gaza

Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary, where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.

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