Tag: Dairy


  • Dairy Ban Looms

    Five Section 338 proclamations signed September 8 will bar Canadian alcohol, dairy and larger motorcycles from the United States as of September 29. For exporters, the shift from a payable duty to an outright import prohibition changes the problem entirely. OTTAWA, September 10, 2026 On the evening of September 8, hours after Canada’s mirrored counter-tariffs…

  • US Import Ban

    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…

  • Dairy Duty Hit

    Ottawa hits U.S. cheese with 25 per cent and milk powder, whey and casein with 50 per cent from Tuesday, turning the sector Washington most wants opened into the sector Canada has now closed hardest. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, September 7, 2026 – Of all the sectors on Canada’s…

  • Buy Canada Wave

    As retaliatory tariffs approach on September 8, a revived consumer boycott of American goods and travel is reshaping Canadian grocery aisles, snowbird plans and retail strategy, with measurable costs for United States brands By the Canada Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting TORONTO, August 31, 2026 The trade war has moved from the negotiating table to…

  • Sept 8 Showdown

    With one week until Canada’s largest retaliatory tariff package in a generation takes effect, importers race to reroute supply chains, file remission requests and land goods before the September 8 deadline By the Canada Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, August 31, 2026 One week from tomorrow, at one minute past midnight on September 8,…

  • Dairy Duties

    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,…

  • Ottawa Strikes

    Canada answers Washington’s 50 percent tariffs with dollar for dollar counter-tariffs on more than 700 American products, effective September 8, as trade negotiations remain suspended and both economies brace for a costly autumn. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canada is preparing to impose the largest package of retaliatory tariffs in its modern history, with counter-tariffs of…

  • USMCA at Risk

    Canada readies $20 billion in dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on US steel, dairy and farm equipment for September 8, leaving the North American trade pact and US exporters exposed WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2026 By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting American exporters woke up Monday to a countdown clock. Canada will impose roughly $20 billion in…

  • Sept 8 Payback

    Ottawa will match Washington’s new duties dollar for dollar from September 8, targeting American steel, dairy, appliances, farm equipment, pulp and paper and electronics. Canadian importers have roughly two weeks to prepare. OTTAWA, August 23, 2026 – Prime Minister Mark Carney has given Canadian industry a date and a target list. Beginning September 8, the…

  • Deadline Day

    Canada and the United States enter the final hours of a three-day reprieve from the first Section 338 tariffs in the statute’s 96-year history, with roughly US$20 billion in cross-border trade riding on documents that still are not signed OTTAWA, August 21, 2026 – Canadian and American negotiators are working against a midnight expiry tonight…