As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part, write Drew Hinshaw in Ottawa, Joe Parkinson in Brussels and Laurence Norman in Berlin, The Wall Street Journal.
In his lauded Davos speech, the Canadian PM showed he has the measure of Trump. Grounded by his central banking, he knows the providers of finance are ultimately more powerful than the recipients.
Volga-Dnepr, a Russian cargo carrier sanctioned in the West, failed to get sanctions lifted in Canada. Authorities there have seized a plane that is linked to an Irish subsidiary.
The EU has advanced a significant trade deal with Mexico with broad support but a cohort of MEPs are raising red flags over investor courts they call undemocratic.
Facing threats from Trump, Mark Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance, write Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson and Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal.
Sanctioned Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg almost scuttled a major deal for the Irish-headquartered oil-and-gas explorer this week in a courtroom in Vancouver.
The Canadian tech giant manages its global business out of Ireland and new accounts detail a boost in revenue and profits and a continuing reduction in headcount.
How should a pharma multinational respond to the uncertainty unleashed by the Trump administration? Invest more in Ireland, the contact-lens and eye-drop giant appears to have decided.
With a mutual interest in circumventing US tariffs, Ireland and Canada are getting closer, an Irish trade mission to Toronto found – but a Trump-triggered recession could yet scupper efforts to boost business between the two.
Ireland has yet to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, due to a Supreme Court legal challenge, but Simon Harris is marching on with a bill to sign off on the agreement.
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