Colin Bird, the consul general of Canada in Detroit, visited Eastern Michigan University on Thursday, March 13. He advocated for cooperation between Canada and the U.S. to help both countries' economies.

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty

As Trump threatens tariffs and consumer confidence plummets, the lack of options from U.S. automakers could send buyers to foreign competitors. American auto executives have had a rough go of it of late.