Canadians are voting in an election dominated by the global trade war

Loading player...
Canadians are voting in a general election which has been dominated by Donald Trump's trade war and threats to annex the country. The leaders of the two main parties rejected a renewed assertion by Mr Trump on election day that Canada should become the fifty-first US state.

Devina Gupta hears from the BBC’s economics editor Faisal Islam, who is in Ottawa, and Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.

And the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has urged people not to speculate over the cause of a massive power cut that's affected millions of people across Spain and Portugal.
28 Apr 6PM English United Kingdom Business

Other recent episodes

Wegovy firm unexpectedly forces boss to step down

Novo Nordisk, the company that makes the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is abruptly ousting its chief executive, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, over concerns the firm is losing ground in the popular weight-loss drug market. Consumer boycotts of countries and companies are on the rise, with the latest being an…
16 May 6PM 27 min

Indians boycott Turkey and cancel travels

Indian tourists and companies start to threaten boycotts of Turkey and Azerbaijan - we'll explain why and what kind of impact it could have. As Portugal gets set for elections we hear Antonio Fernandes reports from Lisbon. And the businessman who travels a lot, and therefore needs a very important…
16 May 11AM 27 min

IMF terminates a $175 million loan for Malawi

The International Monetary Fund has terminated a $175 million loan programme with Malawi, citing poor economic management. The IMF said Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, had failed to fully restructure its unsustainable debt, but the country’s government argues that it has decided to suspend this until…
15 May 6PM 28 min

US is about to make a nuclear deal with Iran

As US-Iran nuclear program talks gained traction, we look how the new deal can affect Iranian economy. Meanwhile in India, traders are jittery after President Donald Trump claimed that India might drop all tariffs on U.S. goods. India, for now, has pushed back. And, the new research shows China’s carbon…
15 May 11AM 27 min

Touring for new trade partners

The Presidents of the World's two leading economies are meeting leaders from the Middle East and Latin America in order to gain new trade partners, with Qatar signing one of the largest ever aircraft deals with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing, while Brazil has signed 36 commercial agreements with China. Rahul…
14 May 6PM 27 min