A screencap from a Canadian law firm's website of an article they have posted attempting to make sense of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs entitled, "U.S. court overturns President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs: implications for Canada-U.S. trade."

Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer

A Canadian law firm is using its website in an attempt to make sense of the ongoing and difficult to understand trade chaos

Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Trump tariffs reinstated after blocked by trade court

Fentanyl-related tariffs among levies initially cancelled; most Canadian agricultural goods already exempt

A U.S. appeals court reinstated President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Thursday—a day after a U.S. trade court ruling blocked them on the grounds that he had overstepped his authority.

U.S. President Donald Trump is seated at a table next to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.





Close-up of a sprinkler head on an irrigation pivot with water flowing out of it.

A seeding season of uncertainty ahead in U.S. trade

Tariffs have caused seeding uncertainty, but the diversity of irrigated agriculture lessens dependence on commodity exports

As farmers begin to seed Alberta’s 1.5 million acres of irrigated land this growing season, it is full steam ahead regardless of the uncertainty of the trade wars ahead.

A worker washes a beef carcass in a meat production plant

Canadian beef exporters escape tariff damage

The American beef sector has largely responded to tariffs by urging trade partners to reduce barriers rather than retaliate

I could almost hear the huge sighs of relief coming from Canadian livestock and meat producers on April 2 when U.S. president Donald Trump announced he was imposing a new 10 per cent tariff on all imports.



U.S. president Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress March 4, 2025.

Trump changed the nature of the Canadian election

The bombastic and unpredictable American president often makes big promises that fall short. However, it appears Donald Trump has helped deliver a miraculous electoral turnaround that he didn’t promise — the return of a Liberal government for Canada.

A group of men and women in suits stand around a boardroom table with an American flag in the background.

Reminding Americans why Canada matters

A Canadian agri-food delegation visited Washington to make the case that tariff-free trade benefits both countries

There’s one thing that Canadian farmers and all Canadians need to know, says Stephen Heckbert. South of the border, no one is talking about Canada.