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The wisdom of crowds: Hub readers weigh in on fighting Trump’s tariffs with China’s playbook
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (526+ words) Rudyard Griffiths argued on Sept. 8 that Ottawa should stop matching Donald Trump’s tariffs and instead borrow from Beijing’s playbook, drafting an export-licensing regime for crude, potash and critical minerals. Roughly two dozen comments from some fifteen readers followed over two…...
Andrew Coyne says we are at war. The evidence says we are in a negotiation
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (343+ words) Andrew Coyne wrote a column this week about loyalty that is causing a stir. It does not accuse anyone of disloyalty, quite. It argues that criticism of the government’s trade war has boundaries, that ignoring context is culpable past one…...
Trump’s trade war is stupid and sinister. That doesn’t excuse an unhelpful response
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (400+ words) Today, Andrew Coyne has written a column for the Globe and Mail taking issue with analysis published by The Hub on the Canada-U.S. trade dispute. His principal argument is that our warnings about the economic costs of retaliatory tariffs and…...
Ottawa’s counter-tariffs on U.S. dairy, plywood and sunscreen take effect Tuesday amid calls to disclose consumer costs
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (150+ words) Minister of Industry Melanie Joly speaks as Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The Canadian measures answer American duties that hit products ranging from hockey sticks and cement to honey once negotiations toward…...
To beat back Trump’s tariffs Carney should take a page out of China’s trade war playbook.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (103+ words) As we gird our collective loins for the battle to come, it is instructive to think on the recent U.S. experience with trade wars and particularly how its opponents have responded to President Trump’s particular blend of maximal threats, escalations, climbs…...
Trump is to blame for this trade war—but Canada shouldn’t hurt itself just to spite him
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (322+ words) Canada’s new retaliatory tariffs take effect tomorrow morning, Sept. 8. They’ll predictably invite another American response, which will in turn produce demands for further Canadian retaliation. Each government will explain that its actions were necessitated by the other’s. Canadians will be…...
The cracks are showing in Carney’s economic agenda
1+ week, 2+ day ago (464+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The abrupt departures this week of the heads of two agencies central to Mark Carney’s economic agenda represent an early challenge to Carneynomics. Doug Guzman is…...
Carney says U.S. demanded terms that would have hollowed out Canadian industry
1+ week, 3+ day ago (402+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney participates in a scrum as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that U.S. negotiators pushed terms in last month’s trade…...
Why we support the now-dead Canada–U.S. deal
1+ week, 5+ day ago (840+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs in Ottawa, Aug. 22, 2026. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. We support the Canada–U.S. trade deal apparently reached in Washington on Aug. 18, even though the talks that followed…...
A $4 billion hit: What Carney’s tariff retaliation could cost Canadian consumers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (872+ words) A customer shops at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. Chris Young/The Canadian Press. On Sept. 8, roughly $30 billion in imports from the United States will face Canadian tariffs of between 15 and 50 percent. This is our response…...