China’s EV brands may start building in Canada as tariffs drop, but U.S. backlash and Canadian labor concerns are already heating up

California’s top environmental regulator lauded a trade deal that Canada struck to import electric cars from China as a win in the global effort to replace gas vehicles.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed as “political noise” the moves in recent days by Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney to strengthen trade relations with China, and raised the risk of that maneuver seeping into talks over a revamped North American trade accord later this year.

Diplomatic tensions rise as Donald Trump alleges Canadian opposition to US missile defence over Greenland, criticises trade with China, and Canadian leaders respond.