A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
Category: Canada
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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
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Yielding on French Could Restart Trade Talks, Canadian Officials Say
The New York Times – On the Runway:Canada’s minister in charge of trade with the U.S. was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. But that was before any mention of Lake Ontario.
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
The New York Times – On the Runway:The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
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Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs
The New York Times – On the Runway:Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.
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Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home
The New York Times – On the Runway:Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
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How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War
The New York Times – On the Runway:Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.
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U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs
The New York Times – Business:The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.
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Canada Is Retaliating Against Trump’s Tariffs. Will Others Follow?
The New York Times – Business:Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to retaliate against U.S. tariffs has drawn praise from China, and exposed a rift in the Trump administration.
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Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S. Over Tariffs, and U.S.P.S. Publishes Plan to Restrict Ballots
The New York Times – On the Runway:Plus, what it’s like to live next to a roller coaster.
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Mark Carney Did What Canadians Elected Him to Do
The New York Times – On the Runway:Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
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U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
The New York Times – On the Runway:Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”
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What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
The New York Times – On the Runway:Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.