Tag: CUSMA
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Canadian negotiators returned to Washington this week with 21 days left before the first Section 338 tariffs in American history take effect, and with Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly closing the door on the one piece of leverage his loudest provincial allies want him to use OTTAWA, July 31, 2026 Canada’s chief trade negotiators met…
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LeBlanc and Charette wrapped two days of Washington meetings this week with Section 338’s August 19 cliff approaching and the President publicly declaring he has no interest in the trade framework Canada is trying to save OTTAWA, July 30, 2026 – Canada’s chief trade envoys returned from Washington this week having spent two days negotiating…
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Canada sends its trade minister and chief negotiator to Washington for two days of talks aimed at defusing a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff due on August 19, even as President Donald Trump publicly questions whether he wants a renewed CUSMA at all. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, July 29, 2026…
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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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Canada’s trade minister and chief negotiator head to Washington with three weeks left on the clock before 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly C$28 billion in exports OTTAWA, July 28, 2026 Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will travel to Washington this week alongside Canada’s chief trade negotiator to the United States, Janice Charette,…
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Unifor calls the moment “the fight of our lives” as U.S. tariffs, a stalled CUSMA and Chinese electric vehicles converge on a Canadian auto sector already down thousands of jobs. WINDSOR, Ont., July 27, 2026. Canada’s auto sector has become the sharpest edge of the country’s trade conflict with the United States, and the union…
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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…
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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…
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Trump’s 50 percent tariffs land Canadian milk, whey and lactose on Washington’s hit list and reopen a decades-old fight over supply management, but Ottawa says the market will not open further COATICOOK, Quebec, July 24, 2026 On a dairy farm ten kilometres from the American border, Angus MacKinnon has been expecting this fight for a…
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A new 10 percent American duty framed as a crackdown on forced labour catches Canada in a net cast over more than sixty nations, and Ottawa says there is no basis for it OTTAWA, July 24, 2026 The Trump administration has opened a new front in its trade offensive against Canada, imposing a 10 percent…