Author: David Adams

A pivotal couple of weeks

Prime Minister Carney’s auto strategy announcements offered some clarity but left plenty of uncertainty The future of Canada’s automotive industry could well be wrapped up in two announcements made by the Prime Minister a little more than two weeks apart. …

A New World Order

Our columnist David Adams is retiring and reflects on a 40-year career in automotive, sharing key lessons learned along the way Anew world order.  That was a statement made by Prime Minister Mark Carney during his mid-January visit to China, …

How high is up?

On and off again tariffs and trade wars creating uncertainty and business anxiety How high is up? That was a trick question that my Dad used to ask me when I was a kid.     Of course, the question …

When will it all end?

For the world, but especially for Mexico and Canada — respectively the United States’ largest and second largest trading partners — it has been a very long first quarter of 2025.    There is seemingly no rhyme nor reason to the tariffs …

Karma Carmeleon

The fate of Tesla could impact the playing field for other electric vehicle makers  With a nod to the Culture Club hit of the 1980s the modified title of the song and the title of this piece relates to the …

Tariffs, trade and Trump

December 2, 2024

The politics of trade could be disruptive for Canada’s auto industry Recently during an interview in Chicago, former U.S. President, Donald Trump noted that “tariff” was his favourite word in the dictionary.  Looking back at his presidency, his use of …