Automotive

World leaders are reacting with dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls for swift negotiations to make trade rules fairer in response to the sweeping new tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Automaker Stellantis is temporarily pausing production at its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for two weeks as it assesses the effects of the recently announced U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles.

MONTREAL — The notion that Canadian companies can simply switch supply chains in response to American tariffs is a fantasy, experts say.

TORONTO — While many Canadian exporters will be relieved to have dodged new U.S. tariffs on Wednesday, some of Canada's biggest industries still face existential threats from border taxes. U.S.

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov.

President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs Wednesday , saying “our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other nations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla sales fell 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.

BANGKOK (AP) — The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large and small, in an era when the most populous region of the world is expected to drive global economic growth.

NEW YORK (AP) — The major car companies say sales rose sharply in March, with most reporting double-digit gains. For some companies, the strong performance last month helped make up for a sluggish start to the year. Automakers sold nearly 1.

TORONTO — More than two months of back-and-forth, false starts and changing plans in the trade war launched by the United States has made it hard to know what's in or out. Wednesday is set to be another big day for tariffs as the latest pause in U.S.