Tag: Cross-Border Trade
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge began carrying traffic across the Detroit River on Monday, a multibillion-dollar trade artery inaugurated at the exact moment North American trade rules are coming apart WINDSOR, Ont., July 28, 2026 Trucks began rolling across the Gordie Howe International Bridge at roughly 10:30 a.m. Monday, opening a second commercial crossing at…
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President Trump vows to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire pollution into existing U.S. duties, opening a strange new front in a trade fight already barrelling toward an August 1 deadline. A cross-border grievance becomes a tariff threat U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian goods over wildfire smoke drifting south…
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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…
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Detroit and Windsor have waited the better part of a decade for a new river crossing. In June 2026, with the ribbon already cut in everything but ceremony, the politics of a continental trade war finally caught up with the concrete. For more than seven years, the Gordie Howe International Bridge rose over the Detroit…
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On May 4, 2026, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX flipped the switch on a fully dedicated Southeast Mexico Express (SMX) intermodal train, a single-line, premium service connecting the U.S. Southeast directly with Texas and Mexico. The launch caps eighteen months of joint work that began in December 2024, when the two Class I…
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Introduction: Ontario’s Unique Position in Cross-Border Trade Ontario is the economic engine of Canadian cross-border trade with the United States. With the busiest land border crossings in North America, a manufacturing sector deeply integrated with U.S. supply chains, and a concentration of businesses that depend on seamless goods movement across the border, Ontario businesses face…
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The Key to Duty-Free North American Trade CUSMA offers preferential treatment, often zero duty, for qualifying goods. The certification can be in any format as long as it contains nine prescribed data elements. This flexibility creates a trap – businesses sometimes provide incomplete certifications or issue them without proper origin analysis. Understanding CUSMA Rules of…
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The Surtax Storm Canada’s retaliatory surtaxes add substantial duty burdens to a wide range of U.S.-origin products entering Canada. Products that previously entered duty-free under CUSMA now carry surtax rates that fundamentally change the economics of the purchase. Understanding Canada’s Retaliatory Surtax Framework The surtax applies based on country of origin, not country of shipment.…
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A Bilateral Relationship Under Strain Retaliatory tariffs and surtaxes imposed by both governments have disrupted supply chains, increased costs, and created unprecedented planning uncertainty for businesses on both sides of the border. Understanding the Current Tariff Landscape U.S. actions include Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, broader IEEPA tariffs, and reciprocal measures. Canada has…