As a trade war looms on the horizon, the Liberal Party of Canada is seizing control of the election narrative, close political watchers say. Still, there's a long way to go if they're to form government.

Canada’s prime minister and Mexico’s president have ordered retaliatory tariffs against Americans, following through with their threats after U.S.

China is subject to significant US tariffs already and has been since Trump's first term. But the blanket nature of today's new levies from the White House on every single goods import from China - from toys, to mobile phones, to clothes - is new and significant.