Auto industry analysts and labour leaders on both sides of the border have warned the two new U.S. trade frameworks with the European Union and Japan are ominous for the Canadian auto industry – and even problematic for the U.S. Both agreements announced over the past week will impose a 15-per-cent tariff on imported vehicles […]
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Massive job losses predicted when steep tariffs were first threatened by former U.S. president Donald Trump in late 2024 have not materialized,.
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U.S. tariffs are not just policy, but declarations of a new imperialistic age, where trade is a weapon, not a partnership.
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Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono, who has been covering Southwestern Ontario's auto sector amid the economic threat from tariffs
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Toyota will assemble electric batteries at its Ontario plants, adding to the concentration of electric vehicle investment in Southwestern Ontario.
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In the freezer aisle at scores of grocery stores across Canada, shoppers can find golden croquettes stuffed with pulled pork or chicken – a twist on Brazil’s most iconic street food. That’s the signature of Frittos & Co., a London-based frozen snack firm founded by Wallace Franca and Marcelo Braga in 2022. “We produce a […]
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Way before the first phases of Wastell Homes’ Willow project in north London was completed, builder Sue Wastell could detect softening demand for new homes.
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Trends, fads, time – like all apparel companies, London-based Illbury + Goose has endured its share of the familiar tests in a notoriously fickle industry. To that you can add a pandemic that left many merchants, including small clothing retailers, scrambling to reinvent their business, and – now – a U.S-triggered trade war that’s slapped […]
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A Free Press reader says U.S. President Donald Trump changes his "mind" on a whim and "is not a rational person."
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Two London manufacturers have shaken off industry uncertainty to settle collective agreements delivering wage, benefit increases to workers.
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Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono about Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada-made automobiles and the threat facing the sector