ABE NEWS | September 14, 2026 For years, one of the biggest strategic conversations inside global business could be summarized in three words: Get out of China. Not completely, perhaps. But reduce the dependence. American tariffs made Chinese imports more expensive. The pandemic demonstrated how dangerous it could be to depend heavily on one…
ABE NEWS | September 6, 2026 Jaguar Land Rover is preparing for a significant restructuring of its British operations as the luxury carmaker tries to cut £1.7 billion in costs over the next two years, confronting weaker sales, trade barriers and intensifying competition from Chinese manufacturers. The company has confirmed that it will open…
ABE NEWS | August 31, 2026 Canada’s escalating trade confrontation with the United States is threatening to hit two companies that are not Canadian and not American particularly hard. They are Japanese. Toyota and Honda have spent decades building enormous manufacturing operations in Ontario, turning Canada into an important production base for some of…
ABE NEWS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026 Canada has officially answered Washington’s latest tariffs, and the response marks another serious deterioration in one of the world’s largest and most deeply integrated trading relationships. The federal government announced Tuesday that it will impose new retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion worth of goods imported from the…
ABE NEWS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026 The trade confrontation between Canada and the United States has moved directly into one of the most important industries connecting the two economies. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian-made cars, trucks and automotive parts beginning January 1, 2027, dramatically escalating the dispute…
ABE NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 For three days, Canada and the United States appeared to be moving toward a trade agreement. By midnight, it was gone. After intense negotiations in Washington, the two countries failed to finalize a deal Friday night. At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the United States imposed new 50% tariffs…
ABE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026 Canada went to bed Tuesday night facing a 50% tariff. It woke up Wednesday without one. Less than two hours before nearly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports were supposed to face new U.S. tariffs, President Donald Trump stopped the clock. But only for: THREE DAYS. Trump…
ABE NEWS | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 The weekend was supposed to help. Canadian negotiators stayed in Washington. Meetings continued. Officials kept talking. Sunday came. Another meeting happened. And now it’s Monday morning. There is still no deal. That matters because Canada and the United States are no longer negotiating against some distant deadline….
Canada and the United States have been talking almost every day. Ministers are meeting. Negotiators are working behind the scenes. Both governments say they want an agreement. But with only days remaining before a major tariff deadline, there is one uncomfortable problem: They still don’t have a deal. Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc told…
Canada and the United States are talking. But they still don’t have a deal. And with an August 19 tariff deadline getting closer, what looks like another disagreement between governments could soon become a much bigger issue for businesses, workers and consumers. Canadian officials are reportedly unhappy with Washington’s latest proposal to reduce tariffs, suggesting…
