Tag: Canada
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A new 50 per cent U.S. tariff on Canadian motorboats, mattresses, golf carts, aluminum bars and steel tubing takes effect Tuesday, with import bans on alcohol, whey and motorcycles two weeks behind it, as Ottawa signals no retreat Ottawa, September 14, 2026 At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, a second wave of 50 per cent U.S. tariffs…
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Canada’s buy-Canadian movement has gone from mood to mechanism, forcing grocers to relabel shelves, rewire supply chains and absorb costs as counter-tariffs on U.S. food take hold Toronto, September 14, 2026 The trade war between Canada and the United States has reached the produce aisle. A Reuters report published Saturday, drawing on interviews with independent…
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At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Washington drops rock salt, cement, toilet tissue and refined lead from its 50 per cent Section 338 tariff on Canadian goods and adds furniture, paper, aluminum products, all-terrain vehicles, motorboats and more cheese. Two weeks later the first outright U.S. import ban on Canadian products since the 1940s takes hold. Here…
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Mark Carney’s cabinet wrapped a two-day retreat in the Rockies on Friday having chosen restraint over a fresh round of retaliation. The prime minister called Washington’s newest measures “relatively modest,” Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc confirmed back-channel conversations with Jamieson Greer and Howard Lutnick are continuing, and ministers spent as much time on interprovincial trade barriers…
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Speaking in Dublin, the U.S. president says an agreement with Canada could come “fairly soon” and insists Ottawa wants one “very badly.” But no talks are formally scheduled, no Canadian concession has been announced, and every date on the calendar between now and October points toward further escalation rather than relief. Ottawa, September 13, 2026…
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Applications for Ottawa’s enlarged Regional Tariff Response Initiative went live this week in the Prairies and southern Ontario, pushing the national envelope to 3.45 billion dollars as survey data puts a three-month clock on the firms it is meant to save. OTTAWA, September 11, 2026 The federal government opened the application window this week for…
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Canada’s United States Surtax Order (2026) is now live across more than 700 tariff items, and the compliance architecture behind it is proving as consequential for importers as the 15, 25 and 50 per cent rates themselves. OTTAWA, September 11, 2026 The largest single tranche of Canadian counter-tariffs since the trade conflict with Washington began…
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Washington escalates from 50 per cent Section 338 duties to outright import bans on Canadian dairy, alcoholic beverages and motor vehicles, leaving exporters roughly two weeks to clear the border before market access closes on September 29. OTTAWA, September 11, 2026 Canadian exporters of cheese, whisky and motorcycles are now working against a hard calendar…
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Brussels prepares to unveil a sweeping alliance with Canada as the centerpiece of a trade diversification strategy designed to hedge against American tariffs and great power politics BRUSSELS, September 10, 2026. The European Union is preparing to announce a new, far-reaching alliance with Canada spanning trade, security, critical raw materials, and scientific research, in what…
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal filed its report on frozen and canned vegetable imports with the Governor in Council on September 9, exactly on deadline. The determination is not yet public, and a 10 per cent provisional surtax plus refund exposure hangs on it. OTTAWA, September 10, 2026 While the Canada United States tariff conflict…