‘No need for the punishment’: Parents of Halifax soccer players upset by suspension

For the hundreds of Canadian steelworkers who lost their jobs this year amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, talk of reaching a trade deal between Canada and the U.S. is coming too little, too late.  For Trump, the effects — driving down imports, boosting the U.S. steel industry and winning concessions from Canada — seem to be getting him what he wants. Initially faced with a 25 per cent tariff on exports to the U.S., which ballooned to 50 per cent in June, Canadian steel is desperate for a resolution. Trump imposed the levies under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act,...