Tag: Retaliation

  • Carney Counters

    Ottawa calls Trump’s new 50 percent duties a breach of the continental trade pact but holds its fire on retaliation, even as premiers press for a dollar-for-dollar response. OTTAWA, July 22, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned President Donald Trump’s newly announced 50 percent tariffs as the latest in a series of unilateral American…

  • Ottawa’s Bet

    Faced with a 50 percent American tariff wall, Prime Minister Mark Carney is wagering that restraint, diversification and a Thursday summit with the premiers will serve Canada better than another round of retaliation OTTAWA, July 21, 2026 When the White House announced Monday afternoon that it would impose 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion…

  • China EU Curbs

    Beijing blacklists 14 European entities, including Rheinmetall and a Polish university, one day after Brussels sanctions Chinese firms over Russia, in the fastest tit-for-tat escalation yet between the two trading giants Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 BEIJING, July 24, 2026. China struck back at the European Union with unprecedented…

  • Ottawa Digs In

    Carney tells premiers Canada will do ‘whatever it takes’ as Washington’s 50 percent tariff salvo pushes the question of retaliation back to the center of the table Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Charlottetown. Filed July 24, 2026. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, July 24, 2026. Canada will do “whatever it takes” to defend its workers…

  • 25% on Brazil

    The United States finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on Brazilian goods, the first pillar of a rebuilt tariff wall, as Brasilia weighs retaliation and importers race a July 22 deadline WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026 The United States will begin collecting a 25 percent tariff on thousands of Brazilian goods on Tuesday, July 22, after the…

  • 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…