Tag: Canada-US Trade

  • Dairy Ban Looms

    Five Section 338 proclamations signed September 8 will bar Canadian alcohol, dairy and larger motorcycles from the United States as of September 29. For exporters, the shift from a payable duty to an outright import prohibition changes the problem entirely. OTTAWA, September 10, 2026 On the evening of September 8, hours after Canada’s mirrored counter-tariffs…

  • Bombardier Hit

    Trump’s threat to bar the Quebec jetmaker from the American market wiped more than six per cent off its shares, drew objections from a Republican senator and an American union, and exposed the limits of using market access as a trade weapon against a company with suppliers in 47 states. MONTREAL, September 9, 2026 –…

  • US Import Ban

    Five presidential proclamations signed Tuesday bar most Canadian alcohol, several dairy lines and larger motorcycles from the United States market beginning September 29, replacing tariffs with outright prohibition and removing the CUSMA shelter that Canadian exporters had relied on. OTTAWA, September 9, 2026 – The United States moved on Tuesday from taxing Canadian goods to…

  • Dairy Duty Hit

    Ottawa hits U.S. cheese with 25 per cent and milk powder, whey and casein with 50 per cent from Tuesday, turning the sector Washington most wants opened into the sector Canada has now closed hardest. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, September 7, 2026 – Of all the sectors on Canada’s…

  • Metal Doubles

    Canada’s surtax on U.S. steel and aluminum jumps from 25 to 50 per cent overnight, iron and steel now accounts for nearly a third of Ottawa’s entire counter-tariff list, and a quota deal that would have halved the rate is back on the table too late to matter. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock…

  • Zero Hour Duty

    Canada’s dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on $27.6 billion of U.S. goods take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, closing the in-transit window and handing importers a 629-line compliance problem that lands before most customs desks open. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, September 7, 2026 – Canadian importers have until midnight tonight to get…

  • Counter-Tariffs

    Canada’s dollar-for-dollar surtaxes on C$27.6 billion of American goods take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but as of Monday morning importers and brokers still had no Order in Council and no CBSA customs notice to file against OTTAWA, September 7, 2026 Canada’s largest single act of trade retaliation in the current dispute with the United…

  • Auto Tariff Hit

    President Trump pledges to raise tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts, and steel to 50 percent on January 1, an escalation that American automakers, steel consumers, and editorial boards warn will land hardest on the United States itself WASHINGTON, August 25, 2026. President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to raise United States tariffs on…

  • Ottawa Responds

    Four federal ministers unveil the September 8 counter-tariff schedule and a support package of loans and benefits, as provinces threaten energy and mineral leverage and small business groups question whether relief reaches the firms that need it OTTAWA, August 25, 2026 Four members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet appeared together in Ottawa on Tuesday…

  • Autos Hit 50%

    Trump doubles the tariff on Canadian vehicles, parts and trucks to 50 per cent effective January 1, 2027, extending the rate to steel and setting up a decisive year for a sector that employs roughly one in ten Ontario manufacturing workers WINDSOR, Ontario, August 25, 2026 President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United…