Tag: Canada

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Corruption remains mainly unchanged in the Americas, according to Transparency International

  

  With an average score of 44 for three consecutive years, the Americas region continues to fail in making any serious inroads against corruption, according to the latest report from Transparency International. Compared to other regions, the Americas is similar to Asia Pacific (average score: 44), but behind Western Europe and the European Union (average score: 66).

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Huawei telecom dispute: Trudeau sacks Canadian ambassador in Beijing

  

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum. It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Mr Trudeau said in a statement he had asked John McCallum to step down, but did not offer a reason.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Huawei dispute: China arrests second Canadian on suspicion of harming state security

  

  Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was detained in China in an escalating diplomatic row.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 07:19 UTC

  Huawei conflict: Trump intervenes; Ms Meng granted bail in Canadian court

  

  Donald Trump says he could intervene in the case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it helps to avoid a further decline in US relations with China. “Whatever's good for this country, I would do,” the US president said.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Trump favors imposing tariffs to protect US auto industry; EU ready to react with retaliation tariffs

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he favours imposing import tariffs to protect the US auto industry, which was rocked by this week's announcement of job cuts at General Motors. In two tweets, the president said that extending tariffs already in place for foreign-built small trucks to the car sector would help domestic manufacturers.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  Venezuela complies with court order and pays for Canadian company nationalized assets

  

  Cash-strapped Venezuela settled a US$1.2 billion arbitration claim that will prevent a creditor from stripping away its crown jewel foreign asset, the U.S.-based Citgo Petroleum Corp refining business, according to Canadian court documents.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Fourteen air forces involved in combat exercises in northeast Brazil

  

  The air forces of 14 nations including the United States are taking part this week in air combat exercises and non-conventional warfare training at a base in northern Brazil, the Brazilian Air Force said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro nominates expert in US affairs as Brazil's next foreign minister

  

  Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday named as foreign minister a career diplomat who currently heads the ministry's United States and Canada department. Ernesto Araujo, 51, was an early supporter of the far-right leader, and courted controversy when he referred to members of the left-wing opposition as “terrorists.”

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  This year will again be positive for global cereal production, anticipates FAO

  

  The United Nations FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2.601 million tons, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  UK and Canadian lawmakers want to question Facebook's Zuckerberg on “fake news” and disinformation

  

  British and Canadian politicians have joined forces in calling on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to explain “failures of process” regarding the spread of propaganda on the social network. Leading MPs from both parliaments co-signed a letter to Mr Zuckerberg announcing an “international grand committee” on “disinformation and fake news” to be held at the end of November.