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U.S. President Donald Trump's big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting. The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%.

DETROIT — Glenn Stevens Jr. can look out his office window in downtown Detroit and see Canada.

Steep U.S. tariffs on all imported vehicles are set to drive prices, already high in part because of pandemic-related disruptions, higher still for both new and used cars, experts say.

Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in the U.S. president’s escalating trade war .

TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — Auto workers voiced uncertainty and hope outside a Stellantis assembly plant in central Mexico that was scheduled to begin a month-long pause in production Friday as the maker of brands including Jeep and Ram assesses the potent

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... China and Canada impose tariffs on imports of U.S. products With the world still reeling after U.S.

DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s recently departed U.S. attorney has joined the prosecution team in the case against Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent auto tariffs with matching levies on vehicles imported from the United States.

TORONTO — Automakers in Canada, along with workers and everyone else with ties to the industry, are struggling to grasp the implications of and how best to respond to the ruinous industry tariffs that came into effect Thursday.