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Can Trump actually run for a third term?
Deb Hutton, The Deb Hutton Show | Newstalk 1010 Oct 30, 2025 APMA President Flavio Volpe speaks about the ongoing fight for the Canadian auto industry in the face of American tariffs. (Flavio appears @ 22:57) Listen here
APMA
6 days ago1 min read
Federal MPs question Stellantis executive about moving Jeep production from Brampton
Eric Atkins, The Globe and Mail Oct 29, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, told the committee the Brampton plants supported up to 10,000 jobs at nearby parts makers. Most of those jobs are gone. “We were all waiting for the Compass,” he told the committee. Read here
APMA
Oct 311 min read
Stellantis Speaks
Michael Serapio, Primetime Politics | CPAC October 29, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association discusses the future of the Canadian auto industry amid several plant closures and demands from the U.S. to build cars state-side. (Flavio appears @ 03:06) Watch here
APMA
Oct 311 min read
Onus is on Mark Carney to end impasse with Donald Trump, business and union leaders say
Tonda MacCharles and Robert Benzie, Toronto Star Oct 28, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association, said with the main political players away from Washington and Ottawa at the APEC summit this week, he didn’t expect an immediate thaw. “And my general takeaway from everybody was nobody knows what the next step is right now,” he said. Read here
APMA
Oct 301 min read
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat
Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The New York Times Oct 25, 2025 “This is the latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations,” said Flavio Volpe, the president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, a trade group. Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
The Feisty Ontario Leader Who Torpedoed Negotiations With Trump—Again
Vipal Monga, The Wall Street Journal Oct 24, 2025 “Neither of those two approaches are hitting the mark directly,” said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association industry group. Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Carney tries to reassure Canadians after Trump threatens 10% tariff hike
Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail Oct 26, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, called the new 10-per-cent tariff the “latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations.” Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Trump announces 10% increase in tariffs on Canada for not pulling down Ontario ad sooner
Steven Chase and Laura Stone, The Globe and Mail Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, called the new 10-per-cent tariff the “latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations.” Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Canadian unions, business groups scoff at Donald Trump’s sudden 10 per cent tariff over lingering of Reagan ad
Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Oct 25, 2025 “The president of the United States is prepared to tax his own citizens billions of dollars because of an ad in a World Series broadcast,” said APMA CEO Flavio Volpe. “Read that back and ask yourself what happened to the famous American checks and balances.” Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Donald Trump impose de nouveaux droits de douane au Canada
Antoine Trépanier and Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Oct 26, 2025 Flavio Volpe: "The President of the United States continues to flout the authority of Congress in his desire to bend sovereign countries. If we are content to debate the strategy of whether it was justified to place advertisements during baseball games and to ignore the disappearance of counterweights within American institutions, we fail in our duty, "he argued in an exchange with La Presse. [Original in Fre
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Detroit automaker group pushes back on tariffs as Ottawa takes tougher stance
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, said “That’s how you get somebody’s attention. That’s how you put pressure on a decision maker to change their decision.” Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Trump threatens to punish Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
Mark Schiefelbein, City News Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said in a social media post Saturday the additional tariff will hurt Americans. “To be clear, a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because he’s mad,” Volpe said on X. Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Trump's latest outburst is another reminder of how much has changed
Aaron Wherry, CBC News Oct 24, 2025 "I think we all cling to a model of behaviour of a president, out of comfort," Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on Friday morning, "and I don't know what good it does us now."There are, Volpe cautioned, "no quick answers." Read here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
Auto angle on Trump halting trade talks with Canada
Larry Berman, BNN Bloomberg Oct 24, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss Trump halting trade talks and it's impact on the auto sector. Watch here
APMA
Oct 291 min read
U.S. President Donald Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over Ontario ad that uses Ronald Reagan speech to attack tariffs
Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Oct 24, 2025 “Most of us have a standard of behaviour for a president we still cling to out of comfort. I’m not sure what good it does us to pretend it exists anymore,” said Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, following Trump’s late night post. Read here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
Trump says he is ending trade negotiations with Canada
James Politi and Ilya Gridneff, Financial Times Oct 23, 2025 “The president is thin-skinned, we know this. But I thought the tone of the ads were civil,” said Flavio Volpe, the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association and member of the Canada-U.S. Relations Council. Read here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
Ottawa limits how many American vehicles Stellantis and GM can import tariff-free
Ashley Burke, CBC National News Oct 23, 2025 The federal government is firing back at Stellantis and General Motors by limiting the number of tariff-free vehicles the automakers can import from the U.S. to sell in Canada. President of the APMA, Flavio Volpe, shares his thoughts. Watch here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
Ottawa rolls back tariff relief for GM, Stellantis after auto production cuts
Mariya Postelnyak, The Globe and Mail Oct 23, 2025 “They were given a bonus – a different status because they’re manufacturing here,” said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. But, he said, “What’s the point of bonusing someone to maintain their footprint if they’ve reneged on that covenant? It’s not an easy thing to do – it’s hard negotiation.” Read here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
Federal government to limit tariff-free auto imports as Stellantis, GM, move to U.S.
Renée Rodgers, CTV News Oct 23, 2025 Flavio Volpe, President of the Auto Parts Manufacture’s Association, says Canada has ‘revisited’ its relationship to the companies following the U.S. move. Watch here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
For bailing on promises to Canada, Stellantis and GM will have to pay duty on U.S. vehicles, Carney government says
Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Oct 23, 2025 Flavio Volpe comments: “It is hundreds of thousands of cars that will now, again, be subject to a full tariff,” he said in an interview. “It’s a big, big move that will certainly garner the attention of the CEOs who, this past week, chose to end specific vehicle production in Canada while favouring their U.S. plants.” Read here
APMA
Oct 271 min read
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