Insights and Stories of David Ljunggren

Canada not seen as U.S. target in NAFTA talks

Jan. 23, 2017 at 7:01 pm CST

Calgary | Reuters — Canada has a “very special status” and is unlikely to be hit hard by changes the U.S. wants to make to the NAFTA trade accord, the head of a business advisory council to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday. Stephen Schwarzman made his remarks after […]

Trudeau to shuffle Dion out of foreign affairs

Jan. 9, 2017 at 7:28 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

Panel calls for Canada to require plain-packaged pot products

Dec. 13, 2016 at 7:30 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Leah Schnurr

Belgian region wants more time to fix CETA

Oct. 19, 2016 at 5:06 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren philip-blenkinsop

German court rejects bid to block Canada-EU trade deal

Oct. 13, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Caroline Copley David Ljunggren

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada’s federal government on Monday vowed to bring in a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018, prompting one energy-producing province to threaten legal action and another to demand approval of an oil pipeline in return. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who took power last November promising to […]

By Alastair Sharp David Ljunggren

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

Sep. 22, 2016 at 4:34 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China said Thursday they would start exploratory talks on a free trade pact, but gave few details about a possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives which has triggered criticism in Canada. Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, elected last year, is trying to improve […]

By David Ljunggren

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

Sep. 22, 2016 at 1:03 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed on a solution to a trade dispute over $2 billion worth of annual canola sales, lasting to 2020, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday. The solution is “predictable, science-based and stable,” ensuring access for Canadian shipments to China, Canadian […]

By David Ljunggren

Statistics data safe, official says, after agency head quits

Sep. 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Statistics Canada data is safely stored and outsiders have no chance of accessing it, a senior official said on Monday after the chief statistician quit in protest over concerns about the agency’s independence. Canada’s Liberal government, which took power last November, is trying to resolve a […]

By David Ljunggren

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

Aug. 25, 2016 at 1:28 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — A dispute over $2 billion worth of Canadian canola exports to China intensified on Thursday when Beijing criticized Ottawa’s insistence that bilateral relations could not improve until the matter is settled. The situation threatens to mar Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to China next week. […]

By David Ljunggren