Tag: Canada Tariffs
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Ninety-eight forest product lines land on Washington’s new 50 percent tariff list, striking plywood, fibreboard and paper as Canadian mills close and wildfires rage. Industry leaders warn the levies will also raise the cost of American homes. Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Dateline Ottawa, July 23, 2026. OTTAWA. Canada’s beleaguered forest products sector absorbed…
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Washington revives a Depression-era statute to hit roughly US$20 billion in Canadian exports, reaching past CUSMA protections. Ottawa calls the move unjustified and vows to keep every option open ahead of an August 19 deadline. Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Dateline Ottawa, July 23, 2026. OTTAWA. The United States opened the broadest front yet…
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The new 50 percent duties land on an economy already bruised by a year of trade conflict, while steel, aluminium, autos and softwood lumber remain trapped in a separate limbo the latest measure does nothing to resolve. TORONTO, July 22, 2026 The 50 percent duties President Donald Trump imposed on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian…
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Ottawa calls Trump’s new 50 percent duties a breach of the continental trade pact but holds its fire on retaliation, even as premiers press for a dollar-for-dollar response. OTTAWA, July 22, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned President Donald Trump’s newly announced 50 percent tariffs as the latest in a series of unilateral American…
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Washington revives a dormant 1930 statute to place 50 percent duties on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian goods, from wine to hockey sticks, in the sharpest escalation of the cross-border trade war this year. WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 President Donald Trump has reached back nearly a century into American trade law to strike one of…
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Faced with a 50 percent American tariff wall, Prime Minister Mark Carney is wagering that restraint, diversification and a Thursday summit with the premiers will serve Canada better than another round of retaliation OTTAWA, July 21, 2026 When the White House announced Monday afternoon that it would impose 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion…
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Washington invokes a never-before-used 1930 trade law to hit $20 billion in Canadian goods with 50 percent duties, sweeping aside CUSMA protections and opening a volatile new front in the North American trade war WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 President Donald Trump signed three proclamations on Monday imposing an additional 50 percent tariff on roughly $20…
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President Trump vows to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire pollution into existing U.S. duties, opening a strange new front in a trade fight already barrelling toward an August 1 deadline. A cross-border grievance becomes a tariff threat U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian goods over wildfire smoke drifting south…
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Trump order lifts duties on non-CUSMA goods to 35 per cent; Carney freezes Windsor to Detroit bridge tolls as the loonie sinks to a two-year low OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday raising United States tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent, an abrupt escalation that rattled…
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Quebec rolls out a fresh loan program for softwood producers as Canadian mills brace for a U.S. duty ruling due within weeks, the Section 232 tariff bites, and Ottawa presses Washington for a truce that may hinge on quotas. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk | Filed July 14, 2026 OTTAWA, July 14,…