Rob Gillies

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  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stands and speaks at a podiumEnergy

    Mark Carney says Canada’s trading relationship with the U.S. was ‘once a strength,’ but ‘now a weakness’

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • Canada, IndiaEconomy

    Canada cozies up to India for trade deal after years of strain as Trump continues pushing the world into new alliances

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in August 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska.Europe

    Republican and Democratic senators alike oppose Trump’s Ukraine peace plan that acquiesces to many Russian demands

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump greets Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)Politics

    Canadian prime minister apologized to Trump for the anti-tariff ad and says he told Ontario’s premier not to run it

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • Carney, TrumpNorth America

    ‘I can play dirtier than they can, you know’: Trump’s fury at a Canadian ad about Reagan, tariffs and trade

    By Will Weissert, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on October 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.North America

    Ontario quickly caves to Trump and promises to pull the offending Reagan ad that killed Canada trade talks

    By Will Weissert, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • Doug FordNorth America

    After Stellantis dumps Canada for $13 billion move to U.S., Ontario premier urges fight back against ‘real piece of work’ Trump

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump, right, and Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.North America

    Trump jokes about a U.S.-Canada ‘merger’ as he reaches a trade deal and predicts a wave of southbound tourists

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • In Warsaw, Poland, on August 25, 2025, Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, meets with Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Poland is Canada’s largest trading partner in Central and Eastern Europe. The talks focus on Poland-Canada relations and security issues in the context of the current international situation. The Polish Prime Minister announces that he does not intend to send Polish troops to Ukraine. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Politics

    Canada joins Britain and Australia in recognizing a Palestinian state despite opposition from the U.S.

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • Mark CarneyEconomy

    ‘Canada currently has the best trade deal with the United States’: Mark Carney backs down on many retaliatory tariffs

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • Carney, SheinbaumPolitics

    Canada, Mexico heads of state to meet in September as they both grapple with Trump tariffs, free trade deal terms

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • TORONTO, CANADA – AUGUST 16 : Air Canada flight attendants and supporters picket outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on August 16, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Strike action by CUPE, the union representing 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, began Saturday. A full shutdown of the airline, the largest in Canada, could affect roughly 130,000 travelers each day. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)Finance

    Air Canada flight attendants defy return-to-work order, forcing airline to delay plans to resume flights

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • Air Canada flight attendants and supporters during a strike at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Air Canada’s 10,500 flight attendants went on strike Saturday, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting an estimated 130,000 passengers a day during the summer holiday season after pay negotiations fell through. Photographer: Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration, after strike strands over 100,000 travelers

    By Rob Gillies, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, and others
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)Politics

    U.S. trade talks resume after Canada rescinds tech tax in ‘clear victory’ for Trump

    By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.Tech

    Amazon, Google, Meta, and Uber slapped with $2 billion retroactive tax bill as Trump suspends Canada trade talks

    By Michelle L. Price, Rob Gillies, and others