Prime Minister Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down tariffs

Tea Prices Are Rising and Ottawa’s to Blame

Commentary When Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly lifted most food-related countervailing tariffs (import taxes designed to counter foreign subsidies) on May 7, few Canadians noticed. There was no press release, no public statement—just a discreet policy shift mid-campaign. Yet several symbolic tariffs remain, notably on orange juice, coffee, alcohol, and tea. These were imposed during past trade disputes—notably in retaliation for U.S. tariffs…

Prime Minister Carney: Canada is Athens, the US is Rome

Canada’s PM said his country is like Athens and the US under Trump is Rome. Credit: Public Domain/Greek Reporter illustration A compelling Greek-themed metaphor for the Canada-US relationship has captivated social media, drawing parallels to the ancient world’s power dynamics, specifically between Athens and Rome. The intriguing comparison was first articulated by Francis Scarpaleggia, the newly minted Speaker of the House of Commons and a Liber…

Whoops - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Celebrated the Federal Trade Court Ruling a Touch too Early - The Last Refuge

The current Canadian Prime Minister is genuinely a walking meme of a Canadian Prime Minister parody. During his remarks to parliament today, Prime Minister Carney waxed gleefully about the U.S. federal trade court ruling against President Trump’s tariffs, just moments before the federal appeals court stayed the opinion of the lower court.  It’s a little […]

U.S. trading partners react tentatively to CIT's ruling on Trump’s tariffs

U.S. trading partners on Thursday reacted tentatively to a U.S. Court of International Trade decision – now stayed – to overturn many of President Trump’s tariffs, as officials, stakeholders and analysts suggested that litigation may not soon resolve questions about where Trump’s trade policy is headed.   The CIT late Wednesday ruled that Trump overstepped his authority when he used the International Economic Emergency Powers Act to impose tarif…

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that he has virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose generalized tariffs on foreign products.

Carney 'welcomes' U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he "welcomes" the decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade to strike down President Donald Trump's broad-based tariffs on most countries.