Category: Canada
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West Bank Pressure Becomes Policy
On 8 September 2026, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden issued a joint statement confirming their intention to introduce national restrictions—or support European ones—on trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The UK, France, and Canada specifically announced they would ban imports of…
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Canada Hits Back in Tariff War
Canada’s retaliatory counter-tariffs (surtaxes) on roughly C$27.6 billion (~US$20 billion) of U.S.-origin goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. This is a dollar-for-dollar, rate-for-rate response to U.S. Section 338 tariffs (and matching Section 232 rates) that hit a similar value of Canadian exports after trade talks collapsed in late August. Rates are 15%,…
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Trump Threatens Canada With 100% Tariffs
Trump: “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a “Drop Off Port” for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken. China Will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life. If Canada makes a…
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Wave of Recognition for Palestine
On September 22, 2025, at the High-Level International Conference on “The Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution,” hosted by France and Saudi Arabia within the framework of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, multiple countries announced their official recognition of the State of Palestine. These announcements took place…
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U.K., Canada, Australia, Portugal Recognize Palestine
On September 21, 2025, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal announced formal recognition of a Palestinian state in coordinated statements, marking a notable shift in Western foreign policy toward supporting a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. What is your deepest take on that? Strategia-100, Chief Strategist: This is a major shift—not just…