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International Trade Minister Mary Ng announced the conclusion of negotiations with Indonesia during her trade mission to the southeast Asian nation earlier this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 4, 2024
Liberal MP John McKay
Liberal MP John McKay, co-chair of the Canada-U.S. IPG, anticipates making a visit to the U.S. in the new year for what could be his first and last presidential inauguration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 4, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 4, 2024
Liberal MP John McKay
Liberal MP John McKay, co-chair of the Canada-U.S. IPG, anticipates making a visit to the U.S. in the new year for what could be his first and last presidential inauguration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 29, 2024
Donald Trump
On Nov. 26, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced that when he returns to the Oval Office he plans to sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 29, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 29, 2024
Donald Trump
On Nov. 26, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced that when he returns to the Oval Office he plans to sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2024
Donald Trump
If Canadian policymakers removed interprovincial trade barriers, they could mitigate much of the economic harm caused by potential new U.S. tariffs from president-elect Donald Trump, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2024
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2024
Donald Trump
If Canadian policymakers removed interprovincial trade barriers, they could mitigate much of the economic harm caused by potential new U.S. tariffs from president-elect Donald Trump, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, needs Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, centre, as a partner in any trade discussions involving U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and his well-known divide-and-conquer tactics, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and photographs by Eneas De Troya, and Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2024
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, needs Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, centre, as a partner in any trade discussions involving U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and his well-known divide-and-conquer tactics, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and photographs by Eneas De Troya, and Gage Skidmore
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
U.K. High Commissioner Susannah Goshko has focused most of her time as a career diplomat on national security and the Americas. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
U.K. High Commissioner Susannah Goshko has focused most of her time as a career diplomat on national security and the Americas. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, middle, will have to decide whether it wants Xi Jinping's China, and Tsai Ing-wen's Taiwan to join the CPTPP. President Xi is pictured, left, with President Ing-wen pictured right. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, middle, will have to decide whether it wants Xi Jinping's China, and Tsai Ing-wen's Taiwan to join the CPTPP. President Xi is pictured, left, with President Ing-wen pictured right. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
Before becoming Iceland's top diplomat in Ottawa, Hlynur Gudjonsson was his country's trade commissioner for North America and consul general in New York City. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | October 13, 2021
Before becoming Iceland's top diplomat in Ottawa, Hlynur Gudjonsson was his country's trade commissioner for North America and consul general in New York City. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN | October 11, 2021
Taiwan and Canada are ‘natural partners,’ writes Representative Winston Wen-yi Chen, who says that partnership should include support for Taiwan’s accession to the CPTPP. Photograph courtesy of Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN | October 11, 2021
Opinion | BY WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN | October 11, 2021
Taiwan and Canada are ‘natural partners,’ writes Representative Winston Wen-yi Chen, who says that partnership should include support for Taiwan’s accession to the CPTPP. Photograph courtesy of Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY DAVID KILGOUR AND DAVID MATAS | October 6, 2021
An enlarged CPTPP without China, led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured, is undoubtedly the best choice for the democracies in Asia and beyond, write David Kilgour and David Matas. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID KILGOUR AND DAVID MATAS | October 6, 2021
Opinion | BY DAVID KILGOUR AND DAVID MATAS | October 6, 2021
An enlarged CPTPP without China, led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured, is undoubtedly the best choice for the democracies in Asia and beyond, write David Kilgour and David Matas. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY KRISTEN HOPEWELL | October 6, 2021
The principal rationale behind agreements like the CPTPP is that trade should be governed by the rule of law, rather than the raw use of power. However, under President Xi Jinping, Beijing has flagrantly violated global trade rules by weaponizing trade as an instrument of economic coercion against weaker states, writes Kristen Hopewell. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/G20 Turkey 2015
Opinion | BY KRISTEN HOPEWELL | October 6, 2021
Opinion | BY KRISTEN HOPEWELL | October 6, 2021
The principal rationale behind agreements like the CPTPP is that trade should be governed by the rule of law, rather than the raw use of power. However, under President Xi Jinping, Beijing has flagrantly violated global trade rules by weaponizing trade as an instrument of economic coercion against weaker states, writes Kristen Hopewell. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/G20 Turkey 2015
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 14, 2021
A construction worker escorts a loader down the road in front of West Block on May 25, 2020. Canada's tradespeople are, on average, getting older, and an RBC report projects a shortage of 10,000 trades workers across the country within five years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 14, 2021
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 14, 2021
A construction worker escorts a loader down the road in front of West Block on May 25, 2020. Canada's tradespeople are, on average, getting older, and an RBC report projects a shortage of 10,000 trades workers across the country within five years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2021
Concessions to Canada's supply-managed dairy sector has long been a sensitive political issue for parties wanting to win strategically important ridings in Quebec and Ontario. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2021
Concessions to Canada's supply-managed dairy sector has long been a sensitive political issue for parties wanting to win strategically important ridings in Quebec and Ontario. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the background, and Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand. Abrar Ahmed and Peter Zhang argue that, as a nation with a supply of vaccines far exceeding its needs, Canada needs a strategy to ensure that excess vaccines support pandemic efforts abroad. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the background, and Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand. Abrar Ahmed and Peter Zhang argue that, as a nation with a supply of vaccines far exceeding its needs, Canada needs a strategy to ensure that excess vaccines support pandemic efforts abroad. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MITCHELL DAVIDSON | July 14, 2021
Throughout Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tenure, Canada’s forays into diplomacy have been defined by other actors, writes Mitchell Davidson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY MITCHELL DAVIDSON | July 14, 2021
Opinion | BY MITCHELL DAVIDSON | July 14, 2021
Throughout Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tenure, Canada’s forays into diplomacy have been defined by other actors, writes Mitchell Davidson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 7, 2021
Romanian Ambassador Bogdan Mănoiu presented his letter of credence to Administrator Richard Wagner on March 22. He previously served as Romania's charge d'affaires in Ottawa since 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 7, 2021
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 7, 2021
Romanian Ambassador Bogdan Mănoiu presented his letter of credence to Administrator Richard Wagner on March 22. He previously served as Romania's charge d'affaires in Ottawa since 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 30, 2021
International Trade Minister Mary Ng spoke with U.K Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss last month during which the two cabinet ministers spoke about 'progress toward launching new trade negotiations for a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement,' according to a Global Affairs readout. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 30, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 30, 2021
International Trade Minister Mary Ng spoke with U.K Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss last month during which the two cabinet ministers spoke about 'progress toward launching new trade negotiations for a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement,' according to a Global Affairs readout. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade