WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Canada faces the prospect of devastating tariffs landing as early as Saturday.

Joly said she remains 'cautiously optimistic' that a diplomatic solution can be reached to prevent the tariffs, but did not get any assurances that Trump has made up his mind.

President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, said on Wednesday that Canada and Mexico can avoid looming U.S. tariffs if they act swiftly to close their borders to fentanyl,

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C. to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Canada faces the threat of devastating tariffs.

If not otherwise explicitly mentioned in the body of the article, at the time of writing, the author has no position in any stock mentioned in this article and no business relationship with any company mentioned. The author has not received compensation for writing this article, other than from FXStreet.

President Donald Trump has already forced Colombia to accept deportees by threatening tariffs and is readying the same move against Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday

Idaho depends on agricultural trade with Canada and Mexico. Trump’s proposed tariffs would threaten that trade.

Canada is seeking to coordinate with the UK, EU and Mexico on US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said Monday ahead of a trip to Washington. She told reporters in Ottawa she has been in contact with her Mexican counterpart and would reach out this week to British officials and representatives of the 27-nation European Union.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday the federal government is preparing for the 2026 review of the free trade agreement between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, but is ...

Joly is heading to Washington this week for a meeting with the new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, where she will make Canada’s case against tariffs

And Americans will discover Trump’s tariff tax,” Joly said after meeting with U.S. senators in Washington. Trump has threatened to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on Canada as well as on Mexico ...

Joly said Monday that she still believes diplomacy can fend off President Donald Trump's plan to slap Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board duties.