Markets welcome new Canada finance minister, with ‘relief pitcher’ as backup

OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) – The appointment of a journalist with little corporate experience to manage the finances of a G7 country would typically be seen as risky, but markets barely hiccupped…

C$ nears seven-month high; market awaits policy clues from new finance minister

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar strengthened to its highest level in nearly seven months against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the greenback broadly declined and…

British trade minister pledges to fight ‘unfair’ U.S. tariffs

(Reuters) – British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whisky, calling them “unacceptable and unfair” in an op-ed in the Telegraph on Sunday. “I will…