How Canada Got Hooked on the U.S. Economy
When Mulroney and Reagan signed the deal, 75% of Canadian exports went south of the border. It is now 80%. That is not a huge ...
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The 51st State That Never Was: Why the United States Didn’t Annex Canada
Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...
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Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
It’s not clear if Canada wants to become a U.S. state, though technically it would be possible without its buy-in ...
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Service Canada
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A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war
An outsider might say Kim Thibodeau lives in two different worlds. She was born in Fort Kent, a small Aroostook County town separated from Canada by the St. John River, a border station and an ...
See how much Maine imports from Canada, China and Mexico
The Trump administration is planning to put tariffs on some of the country's — and Maine's — biggest trade partners. A 10% levy on all imports from China is set to go into effect Tuesday. Meanwhile, ...
Despite tariffs being put on hold, Mainers worry about potential market disruptions
"It's going to cause disruptions," Wade Merritt with the Maine International Trade Center said. "We're paying particularly close attention to our natural resource-based industries: forest products, ...
Maine political leaders react to Trump's executive order to impose steep tariffs
The president's decision to impose taxes on imported goods from those three countries was considered risky, as it was anticipated to spark higher inflation.
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Trump imposes new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China in new phase of trade war
A new global trade war has begun. President Trump signed executive orders Saturday, imposing 25% taxes on most imports from two of the country's biggest trading partners: Canada and Mexico. Goods from ...
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Gov. Mills blasts Trump plan for tariffs on Canadian imports
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is criticizing plans by the Trump administration to slap a 25 percent tariff, or import tax, on goods from Canada and Mexico. A 10 percent tariff would be ...
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Local experts say tariffs will hurt Maine families, businesses
Harwood says Canada won't be paying the tax, U.S. consumers will, like struggling families in northern Maine who already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the nation, and whose sole ...
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Craving a dozen bagels? Here’s more than a dozen places in Maine to get them.
From New York-style boiled bagels to Montreal-inspired wood-fired ones to some sourdough ones in between, there are lots of great bagels in southern Maine and several shops have the accolades to ...