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A Republican senator in a tight race got relief for Maine. The same day, the White House put new 50% tariffs on shampoo, cocoa and canoes, and Trump called tariffs his “favourite word.” Ten days before the US midterm elections, Donald Trump is lifting some of his tariffs on Canadian goods. The pressure came from…

A C$4.9 billion program, an idle Stellantis plant in Brampton, and a Canadian armoured-vehicle maker that until now has sold almost everything it builds abroad. For decades, when the Canadian Army needed light vehicles, American manufacturers were in the running. This time, they aren’t. In July, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Ottawa’s Light Utility…