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U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly cut off all trade negotiations with Canada on Friday, citing Ottawa’s Digital Services Tax (DST) for the decision. The tax, enacted last June, targets U.S. technology companies that operate in Canada […]

OTTAWA – Canada will proceed with a digital services tax (DST) on technology companies, which President Donald Trump called “a direct and blatant attack on our country” in a Truth Social post […]

Monday June 30China PMIJapan industrial productionECB forum on central banking in Sintra, Portugal (through Wednesday)–Tuesday July 1Canadian markets closedJapan manufacturing PMIEuro zone CPI and manufacturing PMIGermany unemployment(9:30 a.m. ET) U.S. […]

Eurozone economic sentiment weakened unexpectedly in June primarily driven by reduced confidence in industry and retail trade, a monthly survey data from the European Commission showed on Friday.The economic confidence […]

Japan’s retail sales growth eased to a three-month low in May and the unemployment remained stable, official data revealed on Friday.Retail sales grew 2.2 percent on a yearly basis, slower […]

China industrial profits declined notably in May as tariff tensions damped activity, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday.Industrial profits decreased 9.1 percent in May from a year […]

Despite the truce in the Middle East, crude oil posted gains on Friday in the wake of the US confirming readiness to sign trade deals with China and multiple other […]

Gold fell sharply on Friday, slipping to a nearly one-month low as investors move to riskier assets amid a backdrop of easing geopolitical tensions.Front Month Comex Gold for July plunged […]

Canada’s annual inflation rate in May was unchanged from the previous month at 1.7 per cent as drop in gasoline costs continued to keep the overall index stable while prices of shelter, food and […]