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Ontario College of Trades to hold annual meeting tomorrow
June 18, 2018 by Allan Janssen

Those unable to attend the event at The Chelsea Hotel in Toronto can listen live and ask questions on the Internet.

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Waymo’s self driving car service to include 62,000 minivans
June 5, 2018 by The Associated Press

Google spinoff Waymo plans to launch its fully autonomous technology later this year in the Phoenix area and then expand

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What’s next? NAFTA talks face up hill battle
June 1, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

Now they put their noses to the grindstone and get back to the North American Free Trade Agreement. But it is shaping up to be a complicated, uphill slog. Mexico and Canada have renewed their commitment to the bare-knuckled NAFTA…

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Canada hits back at tariffs in relationship ‘turning point’
June 1, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned of a new turning point in Canada-U.S. relations while business leaders predicted dire economic consequences on both sides of the border Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration made good on its threat to impose crippling new…

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MEMA slams Trump’s tariffs
June 1, 2018 by Adam Malik

Uncertainty, risk, instability and added costs are just some of the repercussions that will follow the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada, Mexico and the European Union. That’s the…

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U.S. imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico, EU
May 31, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

The Trump administration is making good on its threat to slap Canada with hefty steel and aluminum tariffs, setting the stage for a possible trade war and leaving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the middle of a very divided group…

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NAFTA unresolved, steel tariffs hanging after latest meeting
May 30, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

To hear Chrystia Freeland tell it, NAFTA and steel are like apples and oranges. Canada’s foreign minister is in Washington this week to avert an economic storm that could see Canada sideswiped by crippling U.S. tariffs on imports of steel…

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Tesla in Autopilot sped up before Utah crash
May 30, 2018 by Julian Hattem, The Associated Press

A Tesla that crashed while in Autopilot mode in Utah this month accelerated in the seconds before it smashed into a stopped firetruck, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. Two people were injured. Data from the…

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Feds: Uber self driving SUV saw pedestrian, did not brake
May 30, 2018 by Tom Krisher, The Associated Press

The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but did not stop because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous situations had been…

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More clarity needed about OCOT, CEO says
May 29, 2018 by Allan Janssen

According George Gritziotis, many trade workers in Ontario still seem to be unclear about the eight-year-old college’s role in the workplace.

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Nations condemn U.S. idea of auto tariffs
May 25, 2018 by Adam Malik

MEMA ‘disappointed’ and calls on Trump administration to pull back and ‘forge more positive trade relationships’

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MEMA backs letter to quicken pace of tariff exclusion
May 18, 2018 by Adam Malik

A letter signed by more than three dozen U.S. Congress members concerned about the slow pace of tariff exclusions is receiving praise from the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association. The delay is causing “a backlog of requests that places undue…