Tag: Section 338
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Ottawa revives a two-tier tariff-rate quota proposal for steel and aluminum as Dominic LeBlanc returns to Washington with two weeks left on the clock before a 50 per cent Section 338 duty lands on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian exports OTTAWA, Aug. 5, 2026 – Canada’s negotiators have put a familiar idea back on the table…
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Two Georgetown scholars who helped dismantle the IEEPA tariffs published a detailed roadmap this week for challenging Trump’s Section 338 duties on Canada, arguing the measures fail the statute’s own offset requirement by a factor of nearly two WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2026 – The legal case against the tariffs that hit Canadian exporters on Aug. 19 was…
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Canada’s forest products sector faces three separate American duty tracks converging inside a single month, with softwood final results due as early as August 12 and 50 per cent Section 338 duties on panel products landing August 19 VANCOUVER, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting There is no single deadline facing Canada’s forest products…
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Trump tells Fox News he does not care about updating the North American trade pact as Ottawa dispatches LeBlanc and Charette to Washington with 16 days left before 50 per cent Section 338 duties bite OTTAWA, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting The president of the United States said on Monday that he does…
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Two North American industrial unions representing 1.45 million workers have asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to abandon the Section 338 tariffs on Canada, arguing that Washington is aiming a protectionist weapon at the wrong country three weeks before the duties take effect PITTSBURGH and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – The most…
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Canadian negotiators returned to Washington this week with 21 days left before the first Section 338 tariffs in American history take effect, and with Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly closing the door on the one piece of leverage his loudest provincial allies want him to use OTTAWA, July 31, 2026 Canada’s chief trade negotiators met…
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Canfor and West Fraser reported second quarter losses within a day of each other this week, an Alberta sawmill was condemned, and one producer disclosed the first hard numbers on how the new Section 338 tariffs will hit Canadian wood panels VANCOUVER, July 31, 2026 Two of Canada’s three largest lumber producers reported second quarter…
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Carney rules out energy export curbs as a retaliation tool, narrowing Ottawa’s counter-tariff options with three weeks left before Washington’s 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods RED DEER, Alta., July 30, 2026 – Prime Minister Mark Carney has taken Canada’s single largest source of economic leverage over the…
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Ottawa has created a Strategic Exports Office inside Global Affairs Canada and named a 14 member corporate advisory council, betting that state backed deal making can double non-U.S. exports before the next American tariff wall goes up on August 19 BRAMPTON, Ontario and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – Canada has moved its…
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LeBlanc and Charette wrapped two days of Washington meetings this week with Section 338’s August 19 cliff approaching and the President publicly declaring he has no interest in the trade framework Canada is trying to save OTTAWA, July 30, 2026 – Canada’s chief trade envoys returned from Washington this week having spent two days negotiating…