Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, issued the following statement regarding the United States’ final anti-dumping determination on steel imports from Canada: “Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a final anti-dumping duty rate of 5.27% on imports of tin mill steel products from Canada. Canada is disappointed with this determination. The Canadian …
Ottawa – Approximately 180 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members hosted nearly 150 members from partner nations for Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER, an international counter explosive exercise held at 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, from October 20 to November 2, 2023. The exercise leveraged lessons learned from the contemporary operating environment, particularly in Eastern Europe, where the threat from …
Mexico City – The relaunch of this Trilateral Working Group is in follow-up to the commitments made by the leaders of the three countries at the North American Leaders’ Summits (NALS) in November 2021 and January 2023 and their determined conviction to combat human trafficking in North America. The Trilateral Working Group on Trafficking in Persons had not met since …
Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions against 4 individuals and 29 entities that have direct ties to Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as to its financial and nuclear sectors. These sanctions are part of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations and target those who are complicit in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. …
Ottawa – On May 16 and 17, 2023, Canada and the United States met in Kelowna, British Columbia, for the 17th round of negotiations to renew the Columbia River Treaty. Ratified by both countries in 1964, the Treaty provides for flood control measures and hydropower production. Negotiations to modernize the Treaty began in May 2018. The negotiations continue to focus …
Ottawa – Strong and effective relationships with international partners help Canada learn from others and advance innovative, transformative, and compassionate solutions on shared global health priorities. From May 13-14, Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, met with G7 partners to consider important global health issues. Health Ministers discussed pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response; how to achieve more resilient, equitable and sustainable universal …
Washington – Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, issued the following statement: “Today I chaired the first in-person meeting of the “Five Finance Ministers” hosted at the US Treasury, which included my counterparts from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We discussed how best to collectively respond to economic coercion, including how we …
KIGALI: The expanded 2026 men’s World Cup in North America is going to start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the originally planned format, Fifa announced recently. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, increase from the 32 sides at last year’s tournament in …
