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Quebec’s Beaucerons ain’t afraid of no trade war

16 hours ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

SAINT-GEORGES, Que. — ”Good year, bad year, Americans will always buy our stuff,” Vincent Boutin says with an air of nonchalance. He’s one of a legion of maple syrup farmers in Quebec who export more than 100 million pounds of the stuff to the U.S. each year—and the tariffs don’t bother him one bit.
Two-thirds of you say tariffs have changed the U.S.-Canada relationship forever

1 day ago | thelogic.co | Brendan Sinclair

Most respondents to The Logic’s latest subscriber survey are already feeling the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but they’re also prepared for the trade fight to drag on.
North America’s closest port to Asia has a $1B plan to dodge Trump’s trade war

2 days ago | thelogic.co | Jesse Snyder

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — In a muddy clearing carved out of a swathe of coastal B.C. forest, workers are busy laying the foundation for one of Canada’s best hopes of redrawing its supply chains in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Canadian business travel to the U.S. rebounds after February slump

2 days ago | thelogic.co | Aimee Look

Business travel between Canada and the U.S. rebounded in March after suffering a hit in February, as company executives and staff continue to go south of the border despite mounting concerns over travel safety.
Meet the real Mark Carney

2 days ago | thelogic.co | David Reevely

On Sept. 11, 2001, jets crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing thousands, shattering the assumption of U.S.-led global security and plunging markets around the world into chaos. Nobody knew what might happen next.
CAAT Pension Plan looks for Canadian investment opportunities

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Claire Brownell

Asif Haque, chief investment officer of the pension plan created for the Ontario college system that now invests on behalf of 700 employers in various industries, told Bloomberg that CAAT is “very interested in continuing to invest in our own country,” and is “intrigued” by opportunities in Europe and Asia. (Bloomberg)
Markets rebound with prospect of U.S.-China trade war de-escalation

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Aimee Look

U.S. stocks jumped Tuesday after a sharp sell-off Monday. The S&P 500 closed up 2.51 per cent, while the Nasdaq rose 2.71 per cent and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 2.66 per cent. (The Logic)
FundThrough acquires troubled fintech lender Ampla, raises US$25M

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Claire Brownell

Toronto’s FundThrough did not disclose the terms of the deal for New York City-based fintech lender Ampla, which has been searching for a buyer amid financial trouble. FundThrough plans to use the money from the Series B funding round, led by existing investor Klister Credit, to make more acquisitions, improve its technology and develop new products faster. (The Logic)
This new test shows the pros and cons of major AI models

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

TORONTO — As tech firms make ever-loftier claims about AI’s capabilities, the Vector Institute has been putting leading models through a barrage of tests to give a clearer picture of what they can really do, and which do it best.
China’s tech giants spend billions to help ecommerce merchants sell domestically amid tariffs

4 days ago | thelogic.co | Claire Brownell

Alibaba, JD.com and Temu owner Pinduoduo are all launching multi-billion dollar initiatives to help Chinese ecommerce businesses that typically export products reach buyers within the country instead. (The Financial Times)