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 | August 28, 2026 Canada’s economy has delivered a surprisingly powerful comeback. After months of weak growth, recession fears and mounting pressure from its trade confrontation with the United States, the Canadian economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3.3% in the second quarter of 2026, its strongest pace of growth since…
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…
