Canada

Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods, hopes for resolution

Aug 08, 2020 01:37

Canada will slap retaliatory tariffs on C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of US aluminum products after the United States said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, a senior official said on Friday.
China suspends Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with UK, Canada, Australia

Jul 28, 2020 09:10

China has announced the suspension of extradition treaties between Hong Kong and Canada, Australia, and Britain, in response to similar moves by those countries.
Canada says black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane arrive in Paris

Jul 20, 2020 06:50

Canada's foreign minister says the black boxes of a Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran in January have arrived in France for analysis.
In US and Canada, migrants caring for COVID patients lack basic protections

Jul 04, 2020 03:47

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the fact that thousands of immigrant workers — asylum seekers, refugees, temporary migrant workers and others — in both Canada and the U.S. are working in jobs deemed “essential” during the coronavirus pandemic.
China to Canada: Stop megaphone diplomacy over arrests made with solid evidence

Jun 28, 2020 04:04

China says evidence against two Canadian citizens arrested for espionage is solid, rejecting public statements by Canadian officials that the two are being held “arbitrarily.”
China: Espionage cases of Canadians irrelevant to Huawei CFO prosecution

Jun 22, 2020 09:18

Beijing has dismissed Ottawa's attempts to link the espionage charges brought against two Canadian citizens to the ongoing extradition case in Canada of a Huawei senior executive.
American company acquires screening rights to Iranian drama 'When the moon was full'

Jun 22, 2020 00:30

An American film distribution company has acquired the rights to screen the Iranian award-winning film “When the moon was full” across North America.
China charges Canadians with spying, 18 months after arrest

Jun 19, 2020 02:45

China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa, officials said Friday.
World joins US protests but leaders restrained about Trump

Jun 15, 2020 10:05

People have taken to the streets of Berlin, London, Paris and other cities around the world to demonstrate in support of Black Lives Matter protesters in the US and to vent anger over President Donald Trump’s response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. But at the top, the leaders of traditional allies of the US have taken pains to avoid criticizing Trump directly, walking a fine line to reconcile international diplomacy with domestic outrage.
Canada doubles arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite dire rights record: New figures

Jun 10, 2020 05:19

Newly-released figures have revealed that Canada’s sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia hit a record in 2019, despite a moratorium that was in place on approval of new arms exports to the kingdom due its poor human rights record.