Tag: CUSMA

  • Lumber Tariff

    A temporary 10 per cent U.S. import tariff is set to lapse on July 24, but Canadian softwood still carries an effective burden near 35 per cent as the CUSMA review drifts and a December deadline looms. By the Canada Trade Desk | OTTAWA, July 18, 2026 A deadline that changes less than it seems…

  • Steel Tariff

    A full year into Washington’s 50 percent duty on Canadian steel and aluminum, producers report shipments down 60 percent, relief measures have lapsed, and Ottawa weighs its next counter-move as the continental trade pact shifts to annual reviews. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Canada’s steel and aluminum producers enter the back half of July still absorbing…

  • Smoke Tariff

    Trump moves to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire smoke into Ottawa’s tariff bill as haze blankets an estimated 100 million Americans, drawing sharp rebukes from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushed back forcefully this weekend against a…

  • Lumber Duty

    As Ontario demands Washington scrap softwood tariffs, Canadian producers brace for a United States final duty ruling due in August that would trim combined rates to about 25 percent while a separate national security levy keeps the effective burden near 35 percent. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers head into the final stretch…

  • CUSMA Limbo

    With Washington refusing to extend the continental trade pact and a fresh tariff threat landing over wildfire smoke, Canada’s push to lift sectoral duties looks set to drag past the U.S. midterms. Canada’s campaign to win relief from a thicket of American tariffs entered a more uncertain phase this weekend, as a fresh threat from…

  • CUSMA Redux

    With the continental pact unrenewed and rolling annual reviews now the rule, Washington opens a third bilateral round with Mexico while Ottawa waits for a seat at the table OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. The trilateral trade agreement that has governed the North American economy since 2020 has entered an uncertain new chapter, and Canada is…

  • 35% On Canada

    Trump order lifts duties on non-CUSMA goods to 35 per cent; Carney freezes Windsor to Detroit bridge tolls as the loonie sinks to a two-year low OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday raising United States tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent, an abrupt escalation that rattled…

  • Lumber Limbo

    Canada’s softwood producers brace for a summer duty ruling as a fresh British Columbia mill closure lays bare the human cost of a tariff wall that has climbed past 45 per cent, even as CUSMA drifts and Ottawa’s former chief negotiator warns relief may not arrive before the U.S. midterms. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., July 17,…

  • Mushroom Duty

    Washington proposes an 8.26 percent anti-dumping tariff on most fresh Canadian mushrooms, layering a second U.S. trade remedy in two months onto a sector that sends almost everything it grows across a single border. By the Canada Trade Desk | OTTAWA, July 15, 2026 The United States moved on Tuesday to place a new layer…

  • Lumber Squeeze

    Quebec rolls out a fresh loan program for softwood producers as Canadian mills brace for a U.S. duty ruling due within weeks, the Section 232 tariff bites, and Ottawa presses Washington for a truce that may hinge on quotas. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk | Filed July 14, 2026 OTTAWA, July 14,…