Trump sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney threatening to impose 35 per cent tariffs if Canada doesn’t make a trade deal by the deadline. The White House has said those duties would not apply to goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.

The president is set to raise taxes on imports arriving from many countries, including Canada and Mexico. That’s on top of the tariffs that the White House has already announced on specific products,

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods are partially offsetting weaker revenue from corporate and sales taxes as federal government expenditures continue to rise.

With stakeholders already keenly aware of the need to rapidly scale up housing supply and improve Canada’s housing affordability gap, blanket tariffs and more targeted material-specific levies meant additional unwelcome obstacles to overcome.

Canada's retail sales shrank by 1.1% in May as consumers curtailed car purchases and spent less at supermarkets, convenience stores and on alcohol, data showed on Thursday.

Trump recently said he will impose a 35% tariff on Canada, the latest salvo in his on-again, off-again trade war with the U.S. ally and top trade partner.

The 15% tariff would be lower than previously threatened, but it would remain a high duty on America’s largest trading partner.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs could have an unintended side effect: making homeownership even less affordable for many Americans.

Trump, 79, notified Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of the incoming tariffs in a letter – one of dozens the president has fired off to foreign leaders this week ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline for

The South China Morning Post reported on Sunday that "Beijing and Washington are expected to extend their tariff truce by another three months at trade talks in Stockholm beginning on Monday, according to sources close to the matter on both sides.