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U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.

Thousands of businesses convened on Hanover Germany this week for one of the largest industrial technology fairs in the world at a time when many nations, including Canada, are trying to adapt to U.S. tariffs and protectionism.

The worldwide sell-off for financial markets slammed into an even higher, scarier gear on Friday after China matched U.S. President Donald Trump's big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war, with markets facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash. 

Statistics Canada says this is the biggest monthly job loss since January 2022, and comes as the U.S. posts unexpectedly high job gains.

Immigration advocates are suing the Trump administration over its coming registration requirement for non-U.S. citizens staying longer than 29 days, offering a possible reprieve for Canadian snowbirds.

U.S. President Donald Trump showed off a giant chart on Wednesday full of new “reciprocal” tariffs, which start at 10 per cent and grow steeper for countries with larger trade deficits with the U.S. But experts quickly noticed that these numbers don't add up. So what are these tariffs actually based on?

The Trump administration announced a new suite of trade measures on dozens of countries Wednesday. Here are answers to some frequently asked tariff questions.

On the one hand, the U.S. president wants to upend 70 years of global trade and fundamentally change the way the world does business. But in handing out exemptions and carve-outs, he’s trying to do that in a way that doesn’t cause much pain for American businesses and consumers.

S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes are all down after U.S. President Donald Trump announced harsher-than-expected tariffs on American trading partners.

An $11-billion exclusive deal between Rogers and the NHL announced today gives the telecommunications company the rights to broadcast hockey games across the country for the next 12 years. Rogers promises fewer regional blackouts and says a continuation of its streaming deal with Amazon is a “strong possibility.”

The Windsor Assembly Plant in southwestern Ontario will be down, with workers off the job for the next two weeks.

U.S. stocks whipped through another dizzying day on Wednesday in the final hours before U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the tariffs promised as part of his "Liberation Day," which could drastically alter the global economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his long-awaited plan to impose what he's calling "retaliatory" tariffs on imports coming from dozens of countries — but the White House said there will be no more across-the-board levies applied to Canada than what has previously been announced.

As the weekend deadline approaches for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer to avoid being banned in the U.S., bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up, including Amazon.

Nintendo has announced a launch date for its long-awaited sequel to the Switch gaming console: the Switch 2 will arrive on June 5, bringing with it new features such as interactive chat and screen-share functions to connect gamers — but also a steeper price tag. 

The 25 per cent tariffs from the U.S. going into effect on April 3 would increase the price of a car by thousands, while those in the industry say the mere threat of the tariffs is keeping buyers away.

A petition is urging retail giant Amazon to disable listings of shirts, hats, stickers and other products emblazoned with quotes referring to Canada as the 51st state or otherwise celebrating the idea of Canada being annexed by its southern neighbour.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday — and it includes Quebec's controversial language law, Bill 96.

Hooters, the U.S.-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and 'Hooters Girls' in skimpy wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Increased costs would cause "significant disruption throughout the supply chain," according to the Detroit Regional Chamber and MichAuto, an automotive and mobility association.