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Mark Rendell

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Economics reporter with @globeandmail @globebusiness [email protected]

 Toronto, Ontario
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Scoop from me and @AdrianMorrow on the state of Canada-U.S. trade talks and what's on the negotiating table. #cdnpoli #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/business…

Ottawa discussing trade concessions with U.S. in return for some tariff relief, sources say

U.S. has a priority list of about 10 items it wants dealt with, one source says

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"This is really, really serious. We’re not screaming wolf here" - Canadian kitchen cabinet and upholstery makers warn Trump's new tariffs could devastate the industry in Canada #cdnecon #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/business…
Canadian cabinet and furniture makers warn of ‘blood bath’ as Trump tariffs bite

Canadian cabinet and furniture makers warn of ‘blood bath’ as Trump tariffs bite

Industry representatives are asking Ottawa for more support, including protection from low-cost products made in China and Vietnam

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Trump's America First economic vision is pushing Canada to follow suit, reviving an economic nationalism not seen since the 1980s. I unpack the risks, trade-offs and opportunities of #Carney's new 'comprehensive industrial strategy' #cdnpoli #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/business…
Pushed by Trump, Canada enters a new era of economic nationalism

Pushed by Trump, Canada enters a new era of economic nationalism

The U.S. President’s ‘America First’ economic vision is pushing Ottawa to reach for a Canada First toolkit – one that would have been inconceivable a year ago

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Pushed by Trump, Canada enters a new era of economic nationalism theglobeandmail.com/business…
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USTR posted a notice online Tuesday formally kicking off the review of the continental trade pact, the USMCA. What happens next? What's at stake? What does each side want? Check out my guide to the renewal talks theglobeandmail.com/business… #CdnPoli #CdnEcon #Trump #USMCA

The fight to preserve North American trade is just beginning: A guide to the USMCA renewal talks

After an onslaught of tariffs levied by the Trump administration, Canada is gearing up for renegotiations

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Do trade deficits matter? How economists think about Trump’s obsession #cdnecon #cdnpoli #tariffs theglobeandmail.com/business…
Do trade deficits matter? How economists think about Trump’s obsession

Do trade deficits matter? How economists think about Trump’s obsession

The U.S. president sees international trade as a zero-sum game. The truth is more complicated, according to economists

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I’m on The Decibel this morning talking tariffs, trade deficits and why Trump’s trade wars likely won’t get him what he wants #cdnecon #cdnpoli #tariffs theglobeandmail.com/podcasts…
How Trump is waging war through tariffs

How Trump is waging war through tariffs

Trump is making tariffs a focal point of his economic and foreign policies

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While the 2018 tariffs didn’t do much to significantly boost jobs, they did boost prices. w/ @jason_kirby #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/business…
Trump’s 2018 steel tariffs brought higher prices, did little to boost jobs

Trump’s 2018 steel tariffs brought higher prices, did little to boost jobs

The U.S. president cast his 2018 levies on steel and aluminum as an effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., but studies show this did not happen

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Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada, reigniting a trade conflict that could have serious consequences for Canada’s export-oriented metal producers. #cdnpoli #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, including Canada

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, including Canada

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada will have a ‘clear and calibrated’ response to Trump’s levies

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Donald Trump genuinely seems to believe that tariffs are a multitool with which to pursue various goals at once – some of which are at odds with each other. theglobeandmail.com/business…
Untangling the MAGA mind on tariffs

Untangling the MAGA mind on tariffs

The most striking development compared with Donald Trump’s first presidency is the readiness to use tariffs as an extension of – or substitute for – diplomacy

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“We’ve never seen anything like this. Often with different governments there’s a reduction in funding for aid programs, and then organizations sort of deal with that.But dismantling the entire department including staff and funding,it’s just catastrophic" theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
Judge delays Trump’s USAID furlough, while aid organizations warn of catastrophe

Judge delays Trump’s USAID furlough, while aid organizations warn of catastrophe

Aid agencies around the world depend on more than US$40-billion of annual USAID funding

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Canada told U.S. tariffs will be imposed on Feb. 4 /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Canada hits back against Trump tariffs

Canada hits back against Trump tariffs

Trudeau announces 25% tariffs after U.S. President targets Canadian exports, energy

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Ottawa planning pandemic-level relief for workers, businesses if Trump imposes tariffs /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics…
Ottawa plans pandemic-level relief spending to combat tariffs

Ottawa plans pandemic-level relief spending to combat tariffs

Sources say bulk of potential spending would require approval of Parliament

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I was on @TheWorld yesterday talking tariffs and Canada's response. Thanks for having me on @CarolHills #cdnecon #cdnpoli theworld.org/segments/2025/0…
Canada preparing for impact of potential Trump tariffs - The World from PRX

Canada preparing for impact of potential Trump tariffs - The World from PRX

Canada is getting ready to be hit with new tariffs by the US following the start of President Donald Trump’s administration this week. It comes as Trump has repeatedly made calls for Canada to join...

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Trump used his Davos speech to spell out an economic vision that revolves around boosting investment and factory production in the United States at the expense of trading partners. #cdnecon #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/business…
Trump says U.S. will ask NATO member countries to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP

Trump says U.S. will ask NATO member countries to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP

In his speech to the World Economic Forum, the U.S. President also repeated his threat to impose tariffs against Canada but said they could be avoided if Canadians agree to join the United States

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With Trump’s directive to enact an “America First Trade Policy,” mercantilism moves back to the centre of U.S. economic policy. #cdnecon #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/business…
Trump’s fixation on trade deficits retakes centre stage in U.S. economic policy

Trump’s fixation on trade deficits retakes centre stage in U.S. economic policy

Economists think this is the result of large federal government deficits, a productive and rapidly growing economy and the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency

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The Bank of Canada plans to stop shrinking the size of its balance sheet in the coming months, closing the book on its massive intervention in bond markets that began in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/business…
Bank of Canada to end quantitative tightening within months, turning page on pandemic bond market...

Bank of Canada to end quantitative tightening within months, turning page on pandemic bond market...

Deputy governor Toni Gravelle gave a speech Thursday detailing the cental bank’s plan to wrap up its intervention in bond markets that began early in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Canada isn't ruling out restricting energy exports as a possible countermeasure to Trump’s tariff threats, says foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly. Alberta premier Danielle Smith rejected the idea outright. #cdnpoli #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Energy export restrictions ‘on the table’ to respond to U.S. tariff threats, Joly says

Energy export restrictions ‘on the table’ to respond to U.S. tariff threats, Joly says

The possibility of restricting energy exports was quickly opposed by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

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The rise and fall of Trudeau’s big-spending, big-government economics From @mark_rendell and me. theglobeandmail.com/gift/7a5…
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Canadian exports rise in November, trade surplus with U.S. increases ahead of Trump inauguration theglobeandmail.com/business…
Canadian exports rise in November, trade surplus with U.S. increases ahead of Trump inauguration

Canadian exports rise in November, trade surplus with U.S. increases ahead of Trump inauguration

President-elect has pledged 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian imports if border security issues aren’t addressed and complained about the U.S.’s balance of trade with Canada

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