Tag: Canada-US Trade

  • Dairy Red Line

    Canadian producers tell Ottawa that supply management is not currency as Washington talks accelerate toward an August 19 tariff wall OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – Canada’s dairy producers have drawn the sharpest public line yet against the federal government’s negotiating strategy with the United States, warning that any further loosening of the supply management system…

  • Booze Ban Fight

    Ottawa’s three part concession package on alcohol, dairy quota allocation and auto counter tariffs runs into a constitutional wall as Ontario attaches conditions and British Columbia refuses outright OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. The Canadian government has put a full concession package on the table in Washington in an effort to head off 50 per cent…

  • Tariff War Talk

    Carney concedes Canada is “in the middle of a tariff war” as Washington negotiations sour with twelve days left before a 50 per cent duty wall rises on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly acknowledged this week that Canada and the United States are engaged in…

  • Lumber Ruling

    A Quebec remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the U.S. countervailing duty order on softwood lumber has been put back inside it, and the case that did it is a warning about how long trade litigation can run and how little finality a favourable rate confers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026. The U.S. Department of Commerce…

  • Metal Quota Bid

    Ottawa revives tariff rate quotas on steel and aluminum exports in a bid to buy relief from Section 232 duties, even as officials dispute how close the two sides really are with 12 days left before a new 50 percent tariff wave lands. OTTAWA, Aug. 7, 2026. Canadian negotiators have put export quotas on steel…

  • Wood Squeeze

    Canada’s forest products sector faces three separate American duty tracks converging inside a single month, with softwood final results due as early as August 12 and 50 per cent Section 338 duties on panel products landing August 19 VANCOUVER, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting There is no single deadline facing Canada’s forest products…

  • USMCA Adrift

    Trump tells Fox News he does not care about updating the North American trade pact as Ottawa dispatches LeBlanc and Charette to Washington with 16 days left before 50 per cent Section 338 duties bite OTTAWA, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting The president of the United States said on Monday that he does…

  • A Paperwork Cliff: Why Canadian Truck Dealers Say They Can’t Buy New U.S. Models – and Why a Bureaucratic Mismatch Could Ripple Through the Whole Economy

    A warning from Parliament Hill When the head of the Canadian Truck Dealers Association stepped up to a microphone on Parliament Hill on May 21, 2026, the message was not the kind that usually draws crowds. There was no factory closure to announce, no jobs lost overnight, no dramatic tariff to denounce. Instead, Kevin Disher…

  • Labour Tariff

    Washington’s new 10 per cent Section 301 duty over forced-labour enforcement takes effect on Canadian goods, but a CUSMA carve-out spares most exports even as Ottawa insists there is no basis for the measure. OTTAWA, July 27, 2026. A new United States tariff aimed at forced labour in global supply chains is now in force…

  • Trade Standoff

    Ottawa holds its fire as Washington revives a nearly century-old trade statute, setting an August 19 deadline for a 50 per cent tariff on close to C$28 billion in Canadian exports. OTTAWA, July 27, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to fire back at the United States before a threatened 50 per cent tariff…