Tag: Canada
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Ottawa pulls seafood off its September 8 counter-tariff list within 24 hours of publishing it, then backfills the lost duty revenue with copper wire, charcoal and glass jars. The reversal is a case study in how retaliation lists get built, and how quickly they can break. OTTAWA, August 29, 2026. Two days after the Government…
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While the trade war with Washington dominates headlines, Canada has quietly opened a second front, imposing provisional anti-dumping and countervailing duties of up to 227.5 percent on decorative plywood from China and testing the durability of this year’s hard-won thaw with Beijing. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canadian importers of Chinese plywood woke up this week…
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With less than two weeks before Canada’s new counter-tariffs on US goods take effect, importers face a compliance scramble over origin rules, remission claims and in-transit shipments, and new government guidance issued this week answers some questions while raising others. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canadian importers have eleven days to prepare for the most consequential…
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Canada answers Washington’s 50 percent tariffs with dollar for dollar counter-tariffs on more than 700 American products, effective September 8, as trade negotiations remain suspended and both economies brace for a costly autumn. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canada is preparing to impose the largest package of retaliatory tariffs in its modern history, with counter-tariffs of…
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Washington weighs fresh trade penalties and a January 1 jump to 50 per cent auto tariffs as Canada’s retaliation hardens, premiers split on strategy and the North American trade pact edges toward collapse OTTAWA, August 27, 2026 The Canada-United States trade war entered its most dangerous phase this week, with the White House signalling further…
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Ottawa rolls out a $7.5 billion emergency package of loans, worker supports and diversification funds as tariff damage spreads through Canadian steel, lumber, dairy and small business OTTAWA, August 27, 2026 Behind the headline drama of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States sits a quieter but arguably more consequential announcement: a $7.5 billion package…
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In a single day, the Canada Border Services Agency finalizes anti-dumping findings on Chinese grinding media and slaps provisional duties of up to 227.5 percent on Chinese plywood, underscoring that Canada’s second trade front is very much open OTTAWA, August 24, 2026 While the country’s attention was fixed on the escalating tariff confrontation with Washington,…
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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…
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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…
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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…