Alabama-Canada trade

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep working toward a new trade framework with the United States despite U.S. President Donald Trump saying he'll raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%. Trump's move deepens a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance. Alabama U.S. House member Terri Sewell was in Tuscaloosa for a small business round table at the Edge Incubator Center. She says tariffs, overall, may hurt Alabama.

Alabama is watching and waiting to see what happens next following federal court rulings on Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Court of International Trade blocked the taxes on foreign products. An appellate court overturned a similar action in other federal court.

Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S products from textiles and water heaters to beef and bourbon. Alabama may be impacted by actions Canada is taking on products that the state exports north of the border.

A trade mission led by the state with representatives from 10 companies will be heading to Canada next week. The group will be heading to the Southeast…

Canada's consul general in Atlanta, Stephen Brereton, visited Alabama's capital to promote increased trade and garner support for the construction of the…