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WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada's "Achilles heel" — a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy.

Statistics Canada says the newly opened Gordie Howe International Bridge has seen more than 270,000 crossings in its first full month of operation.

Automaker Stellantis says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian armoured ⁠vehicle maker Roshel on a potential sale of its idled Brampton assembly plant.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in New York City, where his office says he's doing media interviews to "fight for tariff-free trade" with the United States.

Distilleries and spirit makers are likely to be the hardest hit among Canadian alcohol producers as the United States proposes a broad ban on Canadian booze starting later this month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections.

OTTAWA — New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term, economists said Wednesday.

The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists. Geneviève Tuts says this is what Prime Minister Mark Carney...