Trump tariffs: What are the sticking points in the Canada-US trade negotiation
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Editorial: More unlawful tariffs: Trump has no authority to institute damaging trade barriers
On Friday, Donald Trump followed up a concerning jobs report with massive new global tariffs, driving markets down and once more raising prices on consumers for no reason after weeks of supposed trade negotiations. Like with his first round of import duties, announced in the Rose Garden on his ludicrous April 2 'Liberation Day,' these tariffs are not only chaotic and destructive, but they're illegal. The president is leaning on a 1977 law meant to be invoked for targeted financial actions in certain emergency circumstances to reshape trade globally. Just the day before these newest tariffs were implemented, the administration's lawyers had been grilled by the 11 judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, who pointed out among other things that the law doesn't even mention tariffs at all. If the plaintiffs, made up of states and businesses, need anywhere to look for inspiration and evidence for their legal arguments, they don't have to look much further than Trump's own ramblings and social media feed, where he constantly tells the whole world that he is engaging in the tariff actions for all manner of reasons completely unrelated to any economic objectives. So far, he's threatened tariffs over Brazil's domestic prosecution of its former president Jair Bolsonaro and over Canada's intent to recognize a Palestinian state, among other things. This is a real disparate set of rationales, but what they have in common is that they are ideological battles probably drawn from something Trump saw on TV and have nothing to do with correcting a supposed trade imbalance with those countries, already an incredibly flimsy argument to begin with. Don't just take our word for it; the Manhattan-based U.S. Court of International Trade — you know, the judicial entity set up specifically and explicitly to have expertise on these matters — already struck down most of Trump's tariff regime on the grounds that it was unlawful. That ruling has been stayed for now, but the evidence just keeps piling on that Trump is significantly exceeding his authority. Unfortunately, even if this insanity were to be fully struck down tomorrow, we've had months of chaos that has indelibly damaged trade relationships as well as general diplomatic relations. The world is not going to wait for the U.S. to hash out its chaos, and other countries are already moving to reorient parts of their manufacturing and trade schemes to circumvent an unreliable United States. Of course, this seems like one more issue headed at some point to the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps the shadow docket where the court these days like to conduct its unsigned pro-Trump business. It's long since become clear that the high court is more interested in ideological outcomes than the uniform application of the law, but even then, siding with Trump here would be farcical. This is the exact same court that just last year ruled that Joe Biden attempting to clear some student debt by invoking emergency powers in the context of the COVID pandemic — a real global catastrophe that killed countless people and crashed the economy while putting millions out of work — was an unlawful exercise of authority. If that's the case, but Trump is in his rights to wildly alter tariff policies at a whim in service to random political grievances around the world, then the law truly means nothing anymore. Let's stop this madness while we still can, before economic forces take it out of our hands. ___
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In the news today: Carney scheduled to visit B.C. Interior Tuesday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney scheduled to visit B.C. Interior Tuesday Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Kelowna, B.C., for an announcement at a lumber facility on Tuesday after attending the Vancouver Pride parade on the weekend and touring a military facility on Vancouver Island on Monday. Carney toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility near Nanoose Bay, outside Nanaimo, with officials from the Canadian Navy. He toured the Royal Canadian Navy vessel Sikanni accompanied by Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Commanding Officer Craig Piccolo from the testing facility. Carney on Sunday met with B.C. Premier David Eby and officials from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. The prime minister's visit to the province comes amid renewed tensions in the softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., which has placed anti-dumping duties on softwood products that the B.C. Council of Forest Industries has condemned as "unjustified and punitive trade actions." Here's what else we're watching... Vancouver Island blaze now wildfire of note The BC Wildfire Service says the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island has grown to more than five square kilometres in size as "numerous" fire departments on the island converge on the blaze to protect properties and structures around Cameron Lake. Fire information officer Madison Dahl says the fire is now considered a wildfire of note, but growth was limited early Monday as helicopters equipped with night vision dropped water on hot spots and around the fire's perimeter. Dahl says crews are focused on keeping the fire from growing and affecting travel on Highway 4. The wildfire has nearly 400 area homes under an evacuation order, and residents of more than 230 other homes are on alert to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. Air Canada flight attendants wrap up strike mandate vote Air Canada flight attendants are entering the final day of voting on whether to give a strike mandate to their union. The vote, which began July 28 and closes today, comes after the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees concluded the conciliation process with no deal reached. The union represents more than 10,000 flight attendants who have been in contract talks since the start of the year. It has said that despite sustained efforts, including in the conciliation process with a federally appointed mediator, key issues such as pay, unpaid work and pensions remain unresolved. Air Canada has cautioned the vote does not mean a disruption will happen, noting a potential strike can't take place until after a 21-day cooling-off period following the 60-day conciliation period. What happens after Canada Post workers vote no? Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer's latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that the roughly 55,000 members represented by the union shot down the Crown corporation's latest proposal, which would've seen wage hikes of over 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal. Some 68.5 per cent of urban mail carriers who voted were against the deal, while their rural and suburban colleagues were 69.4 per cent against. Adam King, assistant professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba, said the forced ratification vote ordered by the federal government and administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board was a "distraction." Negotiations for a new collective agreement have been ongoing for more than a year and a half. The federal government asked CIRB to step in and scuttle a holiday season postal strike late last year, but the parties remain at an impasse. Japan's aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons by global leaders. The U.S. attacks on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and three days later on Nagasaki killed more than 200,000 people by the end of that year. Others survived but with radiation illness. About 100,000 survivors are still alive. Many hid their experiences to protect themselves and their families from discrimination that still exists. Others couldn't talk about what happened because of the trauma they suffered. Some of the aging survivors have begun to speak out late in their lives, hoping to encourage others to push for the end of nuclear weapons. Despite numerous health issues, survivor Kunihiko Iida, 83, has devoted his retirement years to telling his story as a way to advocate for nuclear disarmament. 'The only path to peace is nuclear weapons' abolishment. There is no other way,' Iida said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 5, 2025. The Canadian Press
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Hiroshima prepares to mark 80 years since atomic bombing
STORY: :: August 5, 2025 :: Hiroshima prepares its Peace Memorial Park to mark 80 years since the atomic bomb :: Hiroshima, Japan :: Visitors lined up to pay respects to the estimated 140,000 people who died as a result 'It's horrible to see that all those people were bombed, and to hear all these stories. We have to do something about it. If we remain silent, it might happen again.' 'It feels more and more like history is repeating itself. Terrible things are happening in Europe and it looks like it could escalate. It could get very worrying if the U.S. doesn't step in. Even in Japan, in Asia, it's going the same way. It's very scary. I've got grandchildren and I want peace so they can live their lives happily." The uranium bomb instantly killed about 78,000 people and by the end of 1945, the number of dead, including from radiation exposure, reached about 140,000. The U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9.
