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  • Steel Tariff

    A full year into Washington’s 50 percent duty on Canadian steel and aluminum, producers report shipments down 60 percent, relief measures have lapsed, and Ottawa weighs its next counter-move as the continental trade pact shifts to annual reviews. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Canada’s steel and aluminum producers enter the back half of July still absorbing…

  • Smoke Tariff

    Trump moves to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire smoke into Ottawa’s tariff bill as haze blankets an estimated 100 million Americans, drawing sharp rebukes from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushed back forcefully this weekend against a…

  • Lumber Duty

    As Ontario demands Washington scrap softwood tariffs, Canadian producers brace for a United States final duty ruling due in August that would trim combined rates to about 25 percent while a separate national security levy keeps the effective burden near 35 percent. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers head into the final stretch…

  • CUSMA Limbo

    With Washington refusing to extend the continental trade pact and a fresh tariff threat landing over wildfire smoke, Canada’s push to lift sectoral duties looks set to drag past the U.S. midterms. Canada’s campaign to win relief from a thicket of American tariffs entered a more uncertain phase this weekend, as a fresh threat from…

  • Labor Levy Race

    USTR sprints to finalize forced labor tariffs on 60 economies covering 99 percent of US imports, as governments from Ottawa to Phnom Penh rush through new laws in a last-ditch bid for lower rates WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The public record is closed, the hearing transcripts are filed, and the countdown is running. The Office…

  • Brazil Hit 25%

    Washington finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on roughly 3,000 Brazilian products as Brasilia shelves immediate retaliation, promises a WTO challenge and readies a domestic support package WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The United States this week finalized a 25 percent tariff on a broad range of Brazilian goods, capping a yearlong Section 301 investigation and opening…

  • Brazil to WTO

    Brasília activates its Economic Reciprocity Law and prepares a fresh WTO challenge after Washington confirms 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian goods from July 22. BRASILIA, July 16, 2026: Brazil answered Washington’s newly confirmed 25 percent tariff on most of its exports with a two-track counteroffensive on Thursday, formally opening the procedures to…

  • India Fuel Levy

    New Delhi nearly doubles export duties on diesel and jet fuel and lifts import benchmarks for gold and palm oil as the US-Iran conflict reignites crude markets. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India has sharply escalated its fiscal defense of domestic fuel supply, nearly doubling the export levies on diesel and aviation turbine fuel in…

  • Helium Halt

    Beijing pauses helium exports to shield chipmakers and hospitals from a global shortage, while MOFCOM promises to recalibrate the ban as supply and demand shift. BEIJING, July 16, 2026: China’s Ministry of Commerce moved on Thursday to steady a nervous global gas market, saying it will adjust its newly imposed export controls on helium in…

  • EU-India Pact

    India and the European Union set a year-end signing for their landmark free trade agreement and opened formal talks on Indian association with Horizon Europe, deepening ties beyond tariffs. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India and the European Union will sign their landmark free trade agreement before the end of 2026 and expect the pact…