Tag: Justin Trudeau

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 12:04 UTC

  Trump and Trudeau meet to mend fences and push for legislative approval of trade deal

  

  President Donald Trump-hosted his Canadian counterpart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to mend fences after last year's diplomatic meltdown and to push the still un-ratified North American free trade deal.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Despite some shootings, two million took to the streets cheering NBA champions Toronto Raptors

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some two million other fans cheered the NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Monday in a victory celebration that united the nation, but the party was marred by a shooting that seriously wounded two people.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Trump called Trudeau and offers support for Canadians sentenced to death in China

  

  US President Donald Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday and offered his support for Canadian citizens detained in China, the White House said. Four Canadians have been detained in China, two of whom have been sentenced to death over drug smuggling accusations.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Lima Group meets in Canada to plan pressure campaign against Venezuela's Maduro

  

  A major bloc of Latin American nations and Canada will discuss on Monday in Ottawa how to maintain pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections as he faces widespread calls to resign after last year’s disputed presidential vote.

• 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.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 22:44 UTC

  Mexico, US, Canada sign Buenos Aires treaty to replace NAFTA

  

  The presidents of the United States and of Mexico and Canada's Prime Minister signed Friday in Buenos Aires the new North American trade agreement, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is to replace the NAFTA one.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Canada's largest private sector project: US$ 32bn LNG export terminal

  

  A major US$ 31.9bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Canada has received the go-ahead from its partners. The project is a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, Malaysia's Petronas, PetroChina, Korea Gas Corporation, and Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation. It is the single largest private sector investment project in Canada's history.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Trump hails the launching of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement

  

  After 14 months of talks between the United States and its closest allies, President Donald Trump celebrated the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a new trade agreement that is poised to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Trump rebuffs Trudeau claiming “Canada has treated the US very badly”

  

  US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he had refused to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, accusing Canada of treating the United States “very badly.”

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Canadian retaliatory tariffs of US$ 12.6bn on US goods became effective

  

  Canada began imposing tariffs Sunday on US$12.6 billion in U.S. goods as retaliation for the Trump administration's new taxes on steel and aluminum imported to the United States. Some U.S. products, mostly steel and iron, face 25% tariffs, the same penalty the United States slapped on imported steel at the end of May.