Tag: CUSMA
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Von der Leyen offers Canada “associate member” status, Trump threatens Europe with “very serious tariffs,” and a legal status that does not yet exist becomes the largest question in Canadian trade policy STRASBOURG and CHARLOTTE, September 17, 2026. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Wednesday that she wants to…
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Trump’s memorandum orders Canadian goods stripped from U.S. federal civil purchasing, opening a front in the trade war that tariffs cannot reach and negotiators may not be able to close WASHINGTON and OTTAWA, September 17, 2026. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Tuesday directing his budget office and trade representative to identify and…
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Carney says Canada is ready to return to the table with Washington after Trump predicts a deal “fairly soon,” but Ottawa insists sovereignty, culture and trade-deal freedom are not negotiable Toronto, September 15, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk Three weeks after Canada walked away from the negotiating table and the United States…
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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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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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Five presidential proclamations signed Tuesday bar most Canadian alcohol, several dairy lines and larger motorcycles from the United States market beginning September 29, replacing tariffs with outright prohibition and removing the CUSMA shelter that Canadian exporters had relied on. OTTAWA, September 9, 2026 – The United States moved on Tuesday from taxing Canadian goods to…
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Two months into the joint review, North America’s trade pact is running on two tracks: real progress with Mexico, open confrontation with Canada, and a September deadline week that will test both WASHINGTON, September 6, 2026 The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remains fully in force, but the review process meant to secure its future has split…
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Canada confirms mirror-image counter-tariffs of 15, 25, and 50 percent on more than 700 United States product categories worth C$27.6 billion, effective Sept. 8, with a C$7.5 billion support package for exposed firms WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026. American exporters have ten days to prepare for the most closely targeted retaliation Canada has ever aimed at…
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Donald Trump’s threat of 50 per cent tariffs on all Canadian cars, trucks, parts and steel from January 1, 2027 puts the country’s second-largest export industry at the centre of the trade war, and Ontario’s assembly towns on notice By the Canada Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, August 31, 2026 A single social media…
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Canada will levy 25 per cent on American cheese and 50 per cent on whey, casein and milk powders from September 8, closing a loop that began with a July proclamation in Washington. The supply management fight that CUSMA was supposed to settle is back at the centre of the North American trade relationship. OTTAWA,…