Biden presidency may be negative for Canadian auto industry
Alicja Siekierska, Yahoo! Finance January 20, 2021 Joe Biden officially became President of the United States on Wednesday, and while experts expect his administration will bring stability to the Canada-U.S. relationship, many say his Buy American policies will be negative for the Canadian auto industry. “I don’t think that a Biden administration is going to […]
What Canada might expect from a Joe Biden presidency
John Irwin, Automotive News Canada November 27th, 2020 Joe Biden as the next president of the United States will have far-reaching implications for the Canadian auto industry on everything from trade and tariffs to emissions and electric-vehicle adoption. The next four years are expected to be vastly different from the previous term under U.S. President […]
BNN BLOOMBERG: Biggest losers of tariffs will be U.S. consumers of raw aluminum
BNN Bloomberg August 10, 2020 Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association discusses the impacts of the aluminum tariffs on the auto parts industry. Source: BNN Bloomberg
Reactions continue to trail tariff imposed on Canadian aluminum by the U.S.
Charles Adler Tonight, Global News Radio August 10, 2020 Flavio Volpe joins guest host Michael Campbell to discuss US President Donald Trump’s tariff on Canadian aluminum. Source: Charles Adler Tonight on Omny.fm
Donald Trump’s latest threat to Canada is likely to go over like an aluminum balloon
Edward Keenan, Toronto Star June 24, 2020 WASHINGTON—With U.S. economy struggling, Canada and other countries risk being collateral damage as President Donald Trump swings wildly to show his supporters that he’s trying to spur an economic comeback. That’s been apparent twice this week, on issues that seem custom-designed to signal to Trump’s supporters he’s playing […]
Can’t ‘snap your fingers’: Manufacturers could face time, money challenges making masks, ventilators
Hand sanitizer not as hard to make for distilleries, other companies like LVMH Mark Gollom, CBC News March 20, 2020 For Toronto-based Spirit of York Distillery Co., transforming from a gin and vodka manufacturing plant into a hand-sanitizing producer wasn’t a particularly difficult transition. It took some time to secure sufficient quantities of hydrogen peroxide […]
Border closure not expected to affect production, supply chains or dealer stock
Greg Layson, Automotive News Canada March 18, 2020 North American auto production and dealer inventory shouldn’t be affected by the mutually agreed upon decision by Canada and the United States to close its border, say industry stakeholders. However, it might not matter if automakers continue to shutter plants during the pandemic. Ford, Honda and General […]
Canada braces for economic impact of Trump’s trusted traveller bans
Joe Castaldo, The Globe and Mail February 16, 2020 Industry groups are worried about potential tightening at the Canada-U.S. border after the Trump administration suspended enrollment in expedited travel programs for New York State residents over security concerns, warning that Canadian businesses could suffer the fallout from a U.S. political fight. “American security politics is […]
U.S. House passes trade deal replacing NAFTA, but concerns remain in Canada
David Lawder, Reuters December 19, 2019 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labour and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion (all figures USD) in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The House passed legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement […]
After much back and forth, USMCA relief is here at last
Campbell Clark, The Globe & Mail December 10, 2019 This is the end of the lingering psychodrama over replacing NAFTA. The deal signed Tuesday isn’t a massive overhaul of the revamped North American trade deal agreed to last fall. The extra rounds of negotiations tacked on after U.S. President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada […]
