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Old pipelines, new pressure: U.S. tariffs revive talk of shelved fossil fuel projects

February 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 11, 2025. By Jody MacPherson Political leaders reacting to tariff threats from the United States are considering oil and gas projects that may put them [Read more]

Opinion

What if they threw a carbon tax election and nobody came?

February 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 9, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Carbon pricing has fallen off the agenda, with no major party backing it in this year’s federal election. But can [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The contentious, necessary politics of internal trade

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Feb. 7, 2025. By Diya Jiang, Daniel Béland Many have offered takes on how Canada can best emerge from the current economic spat with the United States [Read more]

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2 obscure clean energy metals are caught in the crosshairs of the US-China trade war

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 7, 2025. By Maddie Stone In the summer of 2023, Vasileios Tsianos, the vice president of corporate development at Neo Performance Materials, started getting calls from government officials [Read more]

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Trump’s trade war is forcing Canada to revive a decades-old plan to reduce U.S. dependence

February 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 4, 2025. By Blayne Haggart After threatening Canada and Mexico with illegal tariffs, and Canada with annexation, United States President Donald Trump has agreed to hold off on imposing [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Donald Trump’s tariff-mongering has unified Canada. He has no idea what he has unleashed.

February 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 2, 2025. By Mitchell Beer It took an autocratic, bumbling sociopath, a convicted felon and proudly confessed repeat sexual predator, to get it done. But [Read more]

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Global green energy trade will continue without Trump, bypass the US: Analysts

January 29, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 28, 2025. By Mitchell Beer By pulling the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, shredding his predecessor’s energy transition and climate initiatives, and [Read more]

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Cheaper electric cars: the key to unlocking mass-market adoption

December 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 20, 2024. By Jules Sery, Transport Modeller Jean-Baptiste Le Marois, Energy Innovation Programme Officer Global electric car sales in 2024 remained strong, but reaching [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: EV tariffs: What’s next for the future of electric vehicles in Canada?

June 27, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on June 26, 2024.. By Roland Lee As the Canadian federal government considers a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles — intended to offset some of China’s intentional market saturation — it is [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: US – China trade talks dominate oil outlook

February 6, 2019 Energi Staff

The outcome of US – China trade talks will have a decisive influence on the oil consumption outlook for the rest of the year since the threat of tariffs and associated uncertainty are proving the [Read more]

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USA

Trump steel tariffs cost US pipe, energy companies millions

August 28, 2018 Energi Staff

A number of pipe and energy companies are complaining that the Trump steel tariffs are costing them millions of dollars and the process to obtain exemptions from the tariffs is unfair and slow moving.  Reuters [Read more]

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Financial

Oil prices down on surprise US crude stock increase

July 5, 2018 Energi Staff

Oil prices fell in trading on Thursday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed US crude stocks had risen by 1.3 million barrels last week.  Analysts had predicted a 3.5 million barrel drop.  [Read more]

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Opinion

Trade turmoil ahead for Canada amid Trump administration’s protectionist policies – CBOC

June 20, 2018 Markham Hislop

The common front at G7 Summit was important signal that Canada is in good company on what looks to be a difficult file By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada The full Trump [Read more]

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News

US shale producers concerned Chinese tariffs will target energy exports

June 20, 2018 Energi Staff

US shale producers and energy analysts are concerned that Chinese threats to slap tariffs on US petroleum products will cut into their sales to their largest customer.   US shale producers anxious as Beijing puts Trump’s [Read more]

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Canada

Potential impacts of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and the US

June 4, 2018 Markham Hislop

In 2016, Canada exported 5.4 million metric tons to U.S. but bought more steel than that from the United States The Conference Board of Canada says both Canadian and American consumers will likely be hurt [Read more]

Canada

Canada suing US over new tariffs on steel, aluminum

June 4, 2018 Markham Hislop

“Canada will closely collaborate with the EU, which also filed a WTO challenge today on opposing these tariffs.” – Freeland The Canadian Government is filing litigation in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that Canada’s exemption [Read more]

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Politics

US imposes tariffs on Canadian aluminium, negative effects expected on North American value chain

May 31, 2018 Markham Hislop

“The U.S. administration should reconsider its actions and provide Canada with a permanent exemption” – Simard The U.S. administration has announced that Canada’s exemption from the 10 per cent aluminium tariff is lifted as of June 1 and the tariff [Read more]

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USA

Survey finds majority of US voters oppose tariffs on solar panels

April 25, 2018 Markham Hislop

Among Republicans, support for tariffs is highly related to attitudes about Trump A new Program for Public Consultation(PPC) survey finds that nearly six in ten United States voters oppose the new tariffs on solar panels imposed [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Markets underestimate risk of an accidental trade war

April 9, 2018 Energi Staff

Investors and traders are probably underestimating the difficulty of the negotiations and the risk the United States and China could drift into a damaging trade war by accident.  Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla. Game of [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: With trade war, U.S. and China stumble into the Thucydides Trap

April 9, 2018 Energi Staff

President Donald Trump has insisted a trade war is winnable and pushed his officials to increase the scope of the target list and China has appeared anxious to avert a trade conflict but threatened a [Read more]

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