Tariffs landed with a thud in Ontario’s industrial heartland Thursday, shuttering one major automaker and spreading uncertainty among smaller automotive parts suppliers across the London. The U.S. held to its pledge to punish manufacturers shipping goods south of the border, charging a 25 per cent tariff on automobiles, tariffs on some automotive parts in addition […]
Southwestern Ontario mayors are bracing for job losses due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, but remain optimistic
Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]
The 1,300-worker Cami electric-vehicle assembly plant, owned by GM Canada, was closed Wednesday as part of a scheduled two-week shutdown.
Donald Trump says he’s granted a one-month tariff exemption for any vehicles coming through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade
It's a matter of how bad the news will be for the London region auto sector because of U.S. tariffs, not whether it will be bad, many say
Scrap from Linamar Corp. crosses Canada, U.S., Mexico borders 7 times until it becomes an automatic transmission that powers a vehicle.
Watch below as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to speak on Tuesday morning with a U.S.-Canada trade war beginning due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. BORDER CITY FEARS: Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley is urging city residents to strap in for the long haul as U.S. tariffs took effect Tuesday and Canada announced it will retaliate […]
Ontario automotive assembly plants could shut down within a week of being hit with a U.S. tariff on their vehicles, some industry observers say. Car dealers in the U.S. have seen inventory on their lots steadily growing for more than a year. There are now about three million unsold vehicles, and a 25 per-cent-price increase […]