While Canada escaped further tariffs, its auto industry continues to face 25-per-cent tariffs on new vehicles and auto parts shipped to the United States.
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More bad news for Tesla in Canada; Quebec brings back EV rebates; and the Vancouver International Auto Show saw record attendance. Plus, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President Flavio Volpe talks about U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs, explains how they will affect Canada, and looks ahead at what might come next.
Tariffs will raise costs while softening vehicle demand, creating fallout at assembly plants across North America, according to the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.
After rebuffing opportunities to withdraw, Tesla had its full lineup of vehicles set up at the Vancouver Convention Centre when organizers plugged the plug.
GM and Hyundai talks centred on co-development and production of certain vehicles, including commercial vans, began last fall. Nothing has been finalized.
Protests were held in Canadian cities such as Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Halifax.
Canada and Mexico won protections against potential new U.S. auto tariffs in 2018 as part of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, but there is no evidence that President Donald Trump will honor them.
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Cracks could soon begin to show as tariffs pile up on manufacturing supply chains, experts warn. The latest salvo in an emerging trade war is a 25 percent import duty levied by the U.S. on all foreign vehicles effective April 2.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he was told by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick this week that some Canadian-made vehicles could avoid tariffs.
Passenger vehicle thefts across Canada fell to 57,359 in 2024, down 18.6 per cent from a year earlier.
President Donald Trump suggested further tariffs would be imposed on the European Union and Canada if they worked together “to do economic harm” to the U.S.
