Canada and the United States enter the final 48 hours before sweeping 50 percent tariffs take effect, with negotiators mapping a package for President Trump but a wide gap still separating the two sides WASHINGTON, August 17, 2026 With less than 48 hours remaining before the United States imposes 50 percent tariffs on roughly 20…
Ottawa has revived a proposal to cap Canadian steel and aluminum shipments to the United States in exchange for relief from Section 232 duties, a managed-trade bargain that would trade the principle of open access for the predictability producers say they can no longer find. OTTAWA, Aug. 13, 2026 Canadian negotiators have put export quotas…
Dominic LeBlanc’s third negotiating round in three weeks leaves Canada eight days to head off an unprecedented 50 per cent tariff on nearly US$20 billion of exports, and for the first time CUSMA compliance offers no shelter By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, August 12, 2026 Canada’s minister responsible for Canada-United States trade,…
A 50 per cent tariff on roughly 52 Canadian dairy classifications takes effect August 19 over how Ottawa hands out quota licences, turning an obscure administrative dispute into the most consequential test yet of Canadian supply management By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, August 12, 2026 Of the three American tariff proclamations set…
Reported concession package would trade Canadian tariff relief on American vehicles, changes to dairy quota administration and the return of U.S. alcohol for cuts to metals duties, with nine days left on the Section 338 clock OTTAWA, Aug. 10, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – Canadian negotiators have put a defined package of concessions in front…
Opposition letter accuses Ottawa of eighteen months of one-way concessions and sets out a four-point test for any deal before the August 19 tariff deadline OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – The Canadian government’s approach to the United States trade file came under direct opposition attack Sunday, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre released a letter to…
Quebec declares the American alcohol boycott a matter of provincial jurisdiction alone, complicating a federal negotiation in which liquor shelves have become a tariff trigger OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – The Quebec government has told Ottawa and Washington that American alcohol will remain off provincial liquor store shelves until the province is satisfied with the…
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…
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…
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…