From Niagara wineries to Quebec cement plants and the hockey equipment lines of small-town Ontario, Canadian industry begins a 30-day sprint to outrun a 50 percent American tariff, while importers and brokers scramble to reprice the border TORONTO, July 21, 2026 The phone calls started before the proclamations were even posted. Within hours of the…
Washington invokes a never-before-used 1930 trade law to hit $20 billion in Canadian goods with 50 percent duties, sweeping aside CUSMA protections and opening a volatile new front in the North American trade war WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 President Donald Trump signed three proclamations on Monday imposing an additional 50 percent tariff on roughly $20…
MERCOSUR’s Trade Commission clears Argentina to renew a 160 tonne, 2 percent import window for food grade calcium caseinate, a narrow technical fix that lands squarely inside Buenos Aires’ wider drive to lower trade barriers. BUENOS AIRES, July 20, 2026. The Trade Commission of MERCOSUR has authorized Argentina to reopen a preferential import channel for…