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Canada’s increasingly unusual confrontation with its closest ally is no longer attracting attention only in Ottawa and Washington. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reportedly described U.S. rhetoric about annexing Canada as “dangerous,” bringing the dispute into a wider international conversation about sovereignty, borders and the conduct expected between democrati...

Donald Trump has introduced a striking new possibility into North America’s increasingly complicated auto fight: Chinese companies building vehicles on American soil. The U.S. president said he would be comfortable with Chinese automakers opening plants in the United States if they employed American workers, even as Washington continues to maintain formidable barriers against...

Donald Trump’s escalating confrontation with Canada is becoming more than a diplomatic and trade dispute. It is increasingly a domestic political problem for Republicans defending vulnerable Senate seats, and Maine is emerging as one of the clearest examples.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins, locked in a difficult reelection campaign, is openly challenging both the econom...

Canada’s effort to reduce its economic vulnerability to the United States is moving from political speeches to a much bigger financial test. Prime Minister Mark Carney is preparing to put a roughly C$1-trillion investment ambition in front of global investors as Ottawa looks for capital to expand infrastructure, energy, critical minerals, transportation and other strategic in...

Canada’s trade fight with the United States is increasingly visible in an unlikely place: the produce aisle. A renewed push to avoid American goods is prompting grocers to highlight Canadian-grown food, seek suppliers farther abroad and reconsider sourcing relationships that once seemed almost automatic.

The shift should not be mistaken for a disappearance of American ...