My @financialpost intvu with Larysa Harapyn about where Canada stands after the passing of #Trump's August 1st #tariff deadline, the status of legal challenges to his authority to impose them and the calculus of any Canadian retaliation. #USMCA #CUSMA

Ok. I am officially back on the ⚾️ bandwagon now!

RT @Heccles94: This is the @metpoliceuk arresting a "terrorist". This is beyond a joke.

“The US #imports a relatively small number of chips b/c most… foreign-made chips in a device… were already assembled into a product, or part of a product, before it landed in the US. ‘The real question… is whether there will be a component #tariff’…”🤔

"That episode made it 'more difficult for both countries to coordinate' on a response to #Trump, @DiegoTMEC said. It’s also why #Mexico is now pursuing a 'quiet diplomacy strategy' while Canada focuses 'more on retaliation and market diversification'. "🎯.

"Last year. #Ontario Premier Doug Ford and #Alberta’s Danielle Smith publicly accused #Mexico of not doing enough to counter #trade threats from #China and said Canada would be better off dealing with the US alone. Then-Prime Minister Trudeau echoed those concerns. "🤔.

". both sides explored how Canadian companies and capital investors can help build infrastructure in #Mexico that facilitates bilateral #trade, including #ports and #rail. Strengthening #energy security, including conventional & renewable power, was also discussed."🤔#USMCA.

"The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants found that foreign nationals retained Mr. Amirahmadi as a consultant to gain entry to Canada. He would supply information about them to a farm employer, who would generate false records for them."🤔.

"The college’s inquiries followed a probe by the Canada Border Services Agency, which found Mr. Amirahmadi had falsified documents to obtain labour market impact assessments [used] to bring foreign nationals into Canada to secure jobs that no Canadian is available to fill."🤔.

"Some foreign nationals had fake International English Language Test and education credentials. A communication viewed during the investigation discussed obtaining a fraudulent PhD certificate from a university in #India."🤔.

". lawyer James Yousif. said it is 'time to accept that Canada’s experiment with a separate immigration consulting profession has failed. The legal profession in Canada is much better governed, with stronger accountability and disciplinary mechanisms.'”✅.

"The deal eventually struck by #Trump and @vonderLeyen featured a 15% tariff on European #pharmaceutical products as well as no #tariffs on U.S. goods. The EU also agreed to purchase $750 billion of U.S. energy exports through 2028."🤔.

"@HowardLutnick warned @EmmanuelMacron that if he wanted the #pharmaceutical giant @Sanofi to remain based in #France, he shouldn’t put up too much of a fight. Trump, at the time, was publicly threatening a tariff of over 200% on non-U.S. pharmaceutical companies. "🤔.

"There are still open questions about how the #Japanese government plans to fulfill its pledge to provide $550 billion in funding for infrastructure—projects that #Trump has insisted will be under his sole discretion."🤔.

"The U.S. and UK are still negotiating the finer points of the trade pact they struck back in May, including details for UK #steel exports. U.S. and #Japanese negotiators met this past week to iron out how #automotive #tariffs would be treated under their deal."🤔.

". no information has been released on how much #Chinese content would make goods eligible for higher #tariffs. A senior administration official said the Trump team knows 'what that rule of origin is going to be' for Chinese content, but isn’t yet ready to implement it. "🤔.

“'This is not like a free-trade agreement, where there’s a dispute settlement system and we have to give consultations for 45 days and then select arbitrators. This is a situation where we are'… using an emergency measure. that the president can modify as needed, he said."🤔.

“Officials also discussed pressing other nations to provide concessions for individual companies including @Chevron, one of the world’s 10 largest #oil producers, and Elon #Musk’s @Starlink.”🤔.

“In an eight-page list of ‘supplemental negotiating objectives,’ U.S. officials acknowledged that potential accords would cover issues, including military basing, ‘not traditionally found in a #trade agreement.’”🤔.

“In the first weeks after the president paused his ‘reciprocal’ #tariffs April 9 to allow for negotiations, officials drew up plans to press countries near #China for a closer defense relationship, including the purchase of U.S. equipment and #port visits…”🤔 #procurement.