Trump blasts Canada over wildfire smoke, threatens to increase tariffs

We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable! I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it. The cost is incalculable! Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal, knowing that such refusal will lead to exactly this result. This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

In yesterday’s post, I wrote about how China is winning the global trade war. Exports to the US are nearly back to where they were before President Trump imposed further tariffs in early 2025, even as China’s exports to everywhere else have literally exploded. There’s nothing good about any of this. It stems from China’s heavy-handed industrial policy and ...

The World Cup left stadiums packed and millions of fans euphoric in Mexico, but failed to lift a sluggish economy weighed down by weak investment and uncertainty over the upcoming review of the North American trade agreement (USMCA). The tournament, which ends Sunday after more than a month of matches across Canada, the United States, and Mexico, had Mexico ...