US Department of Justice suspends antitrust cooperation with Canadian government, trade dispute escalates

According to The Wall Street Journal, the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice was asked this week to suspend all cooperation with the Canadian government on cases and policy issues. Linda Marshall, the head of the International Affairs Department of the Antitrust Division of the Ministry of Justice, requested officials to cease cooperation in an email, without specifying the specific reasons. The US Canada trade dispute continues to escalate, with the Trump administration imposing a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods last month, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney subsequently taking similar tariff measures on some US goods. The US Department of Justice and the White House have not yet commented on this.