The campaign has had to compete for the public's attention with a federal election and a trade war with the United States. Still, party president Rafael Primeau-Ferraro said he's pleased with the level of interest the leadership race has generated.

The Chinese regulator launched an investigation into DuPont China in April for its alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law, amid a heated trade war between China and the United States.

That reverses a downward trend over the past week after reports that China had halted the delivery of all Boeing jets amid the U.S. government's ongoing trade war with the East Asian country.

Wong said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the law as a means to further extend its power in the trade wars with the West.

“High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.”

–China trade war by imposing 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, targeting sectors tied to China's industrial policy.

"They've chosen to launch a trade war that will, first and foremost, harm American families," Trudeau said on March 4.

Commentary A recent Wall Street Journal article describes the Chinese regime as ready to “come out swinging” in response to the looming trade war Donald Trump has promised.

Canada could exert strong leverage in a potential trade war with the USA if it had a diverse customer base for its petroleum products.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt took part in a longtime summer tradition bringing together a border community in her province with one in the U.S. state of Maine, despite the ongoing trade war between the two countries.

–China trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump said after a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month that they agreed to meet face-to-face at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

Prime Minster Mark Carney said Canada will deliver its response to that latest volley in the trade war on July 21, based on how talks between the nations are proceeding by that time.

“The slower projected growth rate reflects the impact of deepening trade wars, which may result in higher inflation, supply chain disruptions, less investing and spending, and a weaker labor market.”

And all of the preceding ills are caused or exacerbated by decades of letting foreign powers, including hostile foreign powers, wage a unilateral trade war on U.S. businesses using predatory trade practices.

"If China wants to begin a trade war or make these relationships more complicated, it's their prerogative to do so," Johnson said. "But we have to face China very seriously, and we do."

The agreement, originally concluded in 1977, governs trade and economic relations between the bloc and Syria.

Market reaction to the data was cautious amid uncertainties in the trade war between the United States and other economies.

–China trade war. Beijing has played the rare earth card in the trade negotiations, seeking to lower the U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductor technology, which the regime deems a critical hurdle to its rise to global dominance.

Doing so requires changing the “old world order,” which since World War II the United States has largely led.

Between American chip bans on the one side and Chinese threats of rare-earth supply interruptions on the other, it would seem that each country holds a trump card (no pun intended) against the other in this trade war.

Following the recent thaw in the trade war with China in late October, the report highlights that the CCP remains a threat to human rights throughout the world. Rep.

A trade war with the United States will only exacerbate the situation. The Chinese regime has focused on U.S. vulnerabilities while neglecting its own critical weaknesses.

The agreement comes as Canada is looking to boost domestic steel consumption and build up Canada's defence sector to be less reliant on the United States amid the ongoing trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump.

England said his company began exploring options to make the product in Canada “just days after the trade war began.” The company looked at 19 different production sites across Canada before narrowing down the list to its top three contenders.

The number of Canadian travellers to the United States has declined since the trade war began.

-China trade war. “During the U.S.-China trade war from 2018 to 2020, the [yuan] depreciated by over 12 percent,” he said. “Therefore, they may adopt a similar strategy this time.

Concerns about retaliatory measures also surfaced in the poll, with 32 percent agreeing or strongly agreeing that tariffs would likely provoke trade wars.

British Columbia's premier is assembling a "war room" over the looming trade war between Canada and the United States, with President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Canadian goods coming as soon as Saturday.

This process carries a greater threat of global conflict than the Cold War, with the current trade war signaling its beginning.

And as this happens, a new trade war is brewing between the United States and China over green energy. These are all critically important topics to America’s national security. Which is why we’ve invited Victoria Coates on to talk with us.