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Champagne, Anand travelling to Mexico to strengthen Canada's trade ties
Social Sharing Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will travel to Mexico City to look at strengthening Canada's economic partnership with Mexico. "The meetings will be constructive in that respect — looking at markets, looking at diversification, looking at strengthening our partnership with our Mexican colleagues," Champagne told Radio-Canada in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Monday afternoon. The news was first reported Sunday evening by the Globe and Mail. Two senior Canadian government sources told CBC News the meetings will be Tuesday and Wednesday. The ministers are expected to return to Canada on Thursday. The sources say the goal of the visit is to advance Canada's bilateral relationship with Mexico and strengthen trade ties. Champagne and Anand are expected to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday morning. Champagne said the visit "is all complementary to what we've been saying — that we need to engage with strategic partners around the world. And if you look at the [Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement] as a trading bloc, that's the second largest trading bloc in the world." "So it is important for us to engage with our Mexican friends," the finance minister added. One source told CBC that the trip "is all about relationship building," and the two ministers' expected meeting with Sheinbaum will lay the groundwork for a future bilateral meeting between the Mexican president and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney and Sheinbaum have spoken at least four times since the prime minister came into office. In June, the two met at the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta. A news release posted on Carney's website said he and Sheinbaum agreed to "deepen bilateral collaboration at the ministerial level" and they "looked forward to meeting again in Mexico in the coming months." Arturo Sarukhan, former ambassador of Mexico to the United States, told CBC News he thinks "it's high time that that co-ordination between the Mexican and Canadian governments kicks off in earnest." "There's really been very little engagement in terms of how we can both engage together vis-a-vis a common trade partner that is eviscerating all the rules of trade that have built this incredible success story of North American trade over the past three decades," Sarukhan said. Trump extends tariff deal with Mexico The Canadians' visit comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had agreed with Sheinbaum to extend an existing trade deal with Mexico for 90 days and continue talks over the period with a goal of signing a new deal. "Mexico will continue to pay a 25% Fentanyl Tariff, 25% Tariff on Cars, and 50% Tariff on Steel, Aluminum and Copper," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many." Canada did not get an extension. Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs on Canadian goods that are not compliant with CUSMA to 35 per cent. The carve-out for CUSMA-compliant goods means very few Canadian products will actually be subjected to the elevated tariff. The U.S. president criticized Canada's "lack of co-operation" in curbing the flow of fentanyl southward and for retaliating against his existing tariffs. Sarukhan said Sheinbuam has "avoided grandstanding from the presidential bully pulpit, engaging in the back and forth that Trump loves," but Mexico has also bent its knee to Trump. American officials have called out Canada and China as the only countries to retaliate against Trump's tariffs. On Sunday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he expects Carney and Trump will have a conversation with each other "over the next couple of days." LeBlanc left Washington earlier this week without a trade deal, but told host Margaret Brennan, host of CBS's Face The Nation, that he came out of discussions "with a better understanding of the American concerns in the trading relationship.
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Champagne, Anand travelling to Mexico to strengthen Canada's trade ties: sources
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will be travelling to Mexico City to look at strengthening Canada's economic partnership with Mexico. The meetings will be constructive in that respect — looking at markets, looking at diversification, looking at strengthening our partnership with our Mexican colleagues, Champagne told Radio-Canada in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Monday afternoon. The news was first reported Sunday evening by the Globe and Mail. Two senior Canadian government sources told CBC News the meetings are happening tomorrow and Wednesday. The ministers are expected to return to Canada on Thursday. The sources say the goal of the visit is to advance Canada's bilateral relationship with Mexico and strengthen trade ties. Champagne and Anand are expected to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday morning. Enlarge image (new window) Sheinbaum at the inauguration of a community hospital in Vicam, Sonora state, Mexico in mid-July. On Thursday, Trump posted on social media that he and Sheinbaum had agreed extend an existing trade deal for 90 days. Photo: Reuters / Mexico Presidency Champagne said the visit is all complementary to what we've been saying — that we need to engage with strategic partners around the world. And if you look at the [U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement] as a trading bloc, that's the second-largest trading bloc in the world. So it is important for us to engage with our Mexican friends, the finance minister added. One source told CBC that the trip is all about relationship building and the two ministers' expected meeting with Sheinbaum will lay the groundwork for a future bilateral meeting between the Mexican president and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney and Sheinbaum have spoken at least four times since the prime minister came into office. In June, the two met at the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta. A press release posted on Carney's website (new window) said he and Sheinbaum agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration at the ministerial level and they looked forward to meeting again in Mexico in the coming months. Trump extends tariff deal with Mexico The Canadians' visit comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had agreed with Sheinbaum to extend an existing trade deal with Mexico for 90 days and continue talks over the period with a goal of signing a new deal. Mexico will continue to pay a 25% Fentanyl Tariff, 25% Tariff on Cars, and 50% Tariff on Steel, Aluminum and Copper, Trump said in a Truth Social post. Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many. Enlarge image (new window) Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum will renegotiate the trilateral free trade pact known as the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement in 2026. Photo: Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press, Marco Ugarte/The Associated Press, Manuel Balce Ceneta/The Associated Press Canada did not get an extension. Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs on Canadian goods that are not compliant with USMCA to 35 per cent. The carve-out for USMCA-compliant goods means very few Canadian products will actually be subjected to the elevated tariff. The U.S. president criticized Canada's lack of co-operation in curbing the flow of fentanyl southward and for retaliating against his existing tariffs. On Sunday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he expects (new window) Carney and Trump will have a conversation with each other over the next couple of days. LeBlanc left Washington earlier this week without a trade deal, but he told host Margaret Brennan, host of CBS's Face The Nation, that he came out of discussions "with a better understanding of the American concerns in the trading relationship. So we're prepared to stick around and do the work needed, LeBlanc added. With files from Philip Ling
Toronto Sun
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EDITORIAL: PM's terrible choice to create Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine, places his hand on his heart as he pauses while speaking during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 26, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images While we disagree with Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to conditionally recognize a new Palestinian state at a United Nations vote in September, what is appalling is his touting of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to create it. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Abbas, 89, elected in 2005, cancelled future elections. He has been accused of supporting terrorism through the PA's Martyrs' Fund, which makes payments to the families of dead or imprisoned terrorists. Abbas terminated these 'Pay for Slay' payments earlier this year, but critics say the change is largely cosmetic and payments continue in other forms. Polls show most Palestinians believe the PA, which has received billions of dollars in foreign aid, is corrupt and that Abbas should resign. Given all this, what Carney describes as Abbas' 'commitment' to 'fundamentally reform' the Palestinian Authority's governance and 'to hold general elections in 2026,' is suspect at best. So is his 'commitment' that Hamas will play no part in that election, given that Abbas' Fatah party only controls the West Bank, while Hamas rules in Gaza. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Then there's Abbas' history of antisemitic remarks and minimizing or denying the Holocaust. In 2018, he said Jews brought on the Holocaust themselves, not because of antisemitism, but because they engaged in money lending, which then-foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland condemned as antisemitism, calling for Abbas to apologize. While he did at the time, describing the Holocaust as the 'most heinous crime in history,' he repeated his 2018 smear against Jews two years ago in a speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council. In 1984, he published a book – The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism – based on his 1982 PhD dissertation at a Russian university. In it, he falsely claimed Zionists were 'fundamental partners' of the Nazis and that it was a 'myth' and 'fantastic lie' that Hitler murdered six million Jews, citing figures of '890,000' or 'a few hundred thousand' instead. A decade later, he said he wrote the book while Israelis and Palestinians were at war and wouldn't make such statements today. Many Canadian Jews were understandably appalled when then-foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly and then-Liberal cabinet minister Ya'ara Saks posed for a photo holding hands with Abbas last year. Imagine their level of alarm now. Read More Columnists Opinion Wrestling Toronto & GTA NHL
