Tag: Canada-US Trade
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Carney heads to the United Nations with no meeting booked with Washington, eight days before the first outright American import bans on Canadian goods take effect OTTAWA, September 21, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney left for the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday with no meeting scheduled with President Donald Trump or…
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Senators file repeal bills, border state economies count the damage and American industries lobby against the measures aimed at Canada, as Tuesday’s import ban converts a tariff fight into a prohibition WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 Two days before the United States closes its border to a list of Canadian goods, the most organised opposition to…
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A niche dairy ingredient has become the sharpest pressure point in the Canada-U.S. trade war, with prices up two and a half times in a year and both governments squeezing the same supply chain from opposite ends TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 Whey protein concentrate is not a product that usually generates headlines. It is a…
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The Canadian Federation of Independent Business recorded its steepest one month drop of the year in September as tariff uncertainty and fuel costs bit into expectations. Relief money is flowing, but it is reaching only part of the affected base, and the firms most exposed to trade are the least confident of all. TORONTO, September…
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Washington’s Section 338 import prohibition on Canadian spirits, dairy derivatives and heavy motorcycles takes effect on September 29. A last minute push in the United States Senate to repeal the authority and refund the duties collected under it is unlikely to reach the President’s desk in time. OTTAWA, September 25, 2026 Canadian exporters of whisky,…
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Five days out from the first outright United States import bans on Canadian goods since the Smoot-Hawley era, Ottawa and Washington are not talking, and the exporters caught in the middle are running out of room OTTAWA, September 24, 2026. Canadian exporters of beer, wine, spirits, whey, molasses and large-displacement motorcycles have five business days…
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Canada’s dollar-for-dollar countermeasures on C$27.6 billion of American goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, hitting more than 700 tariff lines at 15, 25 and 50 per cent and forcing importers into an immediate reassessment of sourcing, pricing and contracts. OTTAWA, September 9, 2026 – Canada’s largest retaliatory tariff package of the current trade conflict…
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With nine days until Washington closes its border to packaged Canadian beer, wine and spirits, Ontario’s liquor monopoly is spending its way into the domestic aisle while distillers who sell half their output south confront a market that simply disappears. TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2026 Canada’s alcohol industry has nine days to move whatever it can…
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Ottawa tops up its tariff response fund on the eve of the fall parliamentary sitting, pushing committed support past C$32 billion and signalling that Canada is settling in for a long trade war rather than rushing back to the table. OTTAWA, Sept. 20, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney committed an additional C$7.5 billion to shielding…
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Newly released Bank of Canada deliberations show policymakers worried the reignited tariff fight will chill spending and hiring, even as markets move to price a rate hike. What the record says, and what it means for trade-exposed businesses. OTTAWA, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting The Bank of Canada’s governing council entered its September…