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Air Updates

• Air Canada Flight Attendants Intend to Strike This Weekend, Union Says

Ocean Updates

• U.S. to Retaliate Against IMO Members That Back Net-Zero Emissions Plan

International Business/Government

• China Slaps Temporary 75.8% Duties on Canadian Canola

Air Updates

Air Canada Flight Attendants Intend to Strike This Weekend, Union Says

The union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants has signalled that its members intend to go on strike this weekend, paving the way for workers to walk off the job as early as Saturday morning.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) gave the carrier a requisite 72-hour notice after the two sides reached an “impasse” in negotiations. The earliest their more than 10,000 workers can walk off the job is on Saturday at 12:58 am ET.

CUPE representatives say that, in response to their strike action, Air Canada has issued a notice of lockout starting at 1:30 am ET on Saturday.

Read more in an article from CBC News.

Ocean Updates

U.S. to Retaliate Against IMO Members That Back Net-Zero Emissions Plan

The U.S. on Tuesday rejected the “Net-Zero Framework” proposal by the International Maritime Organization, which is aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from the international shipping sector, and threatened measures against countries that support it.

The announcement comes ahead of a vote at the United Nations’ shipping agency to adopt the net-zero proposal in October. It also comes as the Trump administration uses tariffs as a tool to influence the behaviour of leaders of other nations, including China, India and Brazil, and as the U.S. withdraws support for regulations aimed at curbing climate change.

“The Trump Administration unequivocally rejects this proposal before the IMO and will not tolerate any action that increases costs for our citizens, energy providers, shipping companies and their customers, or tourists,” the statement said.

“Our fellow IMO members should be on notice that we will look for their support against this action and not hesitate to retaliate or explore remedies for our citizens should this endeavour fail,” it continued.

Read more in an article from Yahoo Finance.

International Business/Government

China Slaps Temporary 75.8% Duties on Canadian Canola

China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a fresh escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August.

The provisional rate will be set at 75.8 percent, effective from Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.

Canola Council of Canada President Chris Davison said that rate makes the Chinese market effectively closed for Canadian canola, to which Canada exported almost C$5 billion of the oilseed crop in 2024.