If Canadian trade strategists think such concessions will soften up the U.S. when renegotiating CUSMA, they need to think again, David Olive writes.
This is not how completion of the Gordie Howe International Bridge should have ended, with Canada giving in to another U.S. shakedown.
A few days before the bridge’s originally scheduled opening on June 15, U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat, first stated in February, to block the opening of the Canadian-built and financed Windsor-Detroit bridge.
The US and Canada will open the delayed Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, on July 27,…
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.6 billion infrastructure project that connects Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, was…
Trump had threatened to halt the opening of the cross-border bridge, which is jointly owned by Michigan and Canada.
Trump demanded a share of Canada’s future toll revenue from the Michigan-Ontario Gordie Howe International Bridge, set to open…
Canada cancels joint bridge-opening event with the U.S. after Trump announces 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, escalating trade…
Regional leaders say that every day that passes with the new bridge closed means higher toll costs for truckers and businesses…
