Canada, buoyed by trade deal, to push U.S. on metal tariffs
Canada, buoyed by a last-minute continental trade deal it sealed with the United States and Mexico, is pressing Washington to remove steel and aluminum tariffs, senior Canadian officials said on Monday.
Trump administration rejects states’ argument on net neutrality
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai rejected arguments Monday that states should be able to impose their own net neutrality protections after the Trump administration in December withdrew them.
Traders boost Canada interest rate bets as trade deal clips threat to economy
Investors are raising bets for as many as four additional interest rate increases from the Bank of Canada by the end of 2019 after a deal to save the trilateral NAFTA trade pact reduced uncertainty for Canada’s trade-dependent economy.
Trump authorizes FBI to expand Kavanaugh investigation: NY Times
President Donald Trump has authorized the FBI to expand its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing two people briefed on the matter.
Flake pushes for real investigation of Kavanaugh allegations
Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Flake said on Monday he wanted the FBI to conduct a real and fulsome investigation of assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, telling a summit hosted by Forbes the probe should not be just to prov…
Eclipsed by Kavanaugh fight, divided U.S. top court opens new term
The short-handed U.S. Supreme Court launched its new term on Monday, with the legal arguments in its stately courtroom overshadowed by the harsh fight over President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for a lifetime job as a justice.
USTR predicts new trade deal with Canada, Mexico will pass Congress
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Monday he believed the new trade pact with Mexico and Canada will pass Congress with substantial majorities because it contains benefits for all.
Canada’s Trudeau says made difficult compromises to reach new trade deal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that Canada made some difficult compromises to reach a deal to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump says close to finalizing effective ban on gun bump stocks
(Corrects fifth paragraph of this Oct. 1 story to say not all machine guns are illegal in the United States.)
Trump says too soon to talk with China on trade
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said it was “too soon” for Washington to talk to Beijing about working out a deal on trade, suggesting U.S. tariffs have yet to exert enough pressure to force Beijing into making concessions at the negotiating tabl…
