Tag: Tariffs

  • Steel Aid Pact

    Ottawa and Queen’s Park commit $8.7 billion to steel, autos and critical minerals as the Canada-US tariff war hardens into a structural reality for exporters OTTAWA, Oct. 23, 2026 – Canada’s federal government and the province of Ontario have committed $8.7 billion to steel, automotive and critical minerals in a joint action plan that officials…

  • Mexico Impasse

    Metals tariffs stall a near finished US Mexico bargain as both capitals signal a deal is close but not done WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The United States and Mexico have spent the better part of six months negotiating a tariff settlement that both governments describe as nearly complete. This week they described it that way…

  • Metal Bill Due

    A new economic study puts US steel prices up 33.9 percent and aluminum up 58 percent since the Section 232 tariffs began, with downstream manufacturers carrying the cost WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The Montreal Economic Institute published an economic note on Wednesday that attempts to answer a question American manufacturers have been asking for nineteen…

  • 301 Last Word

    Supplemental briefs filed at the Court of International Trade narrow the fight over USTR’s forced labor tariffs to a single statutory subsection and the question of who gets to challenge them WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The government and a group of US importers have filed the last round of written argument in the challenge to…

  • Green Trade War

    Beijing has signalled it will take tariffs on clean technology into the COP31 climate negotiations in Antalya, framing Western trade defence measures as a threat to the energy transition itself BEIJING, October 22, 2026 China intends to raise trade protectionism as a formal agenda item at next month’s United Nations climate conference, elevating a dispute…

  • Turk Coil Jam

    Turkish hot rolled coil exports to Europe have stalled as traders struggle to price quota risk, with one allocation reportedly oversubscribed at 236 percent and cargoes facing the prospect of sitting at EU ports until January ISTANBUL, October 22, 2026 Turkish hot rolled coil exports into the European Union have effectively stopped moving, not because…

  • Kyiv Quota Hit

    Ukraine’s steelmakers say Brussels tightened the screws at the worst possible moment, as the EU’s new 18.3 million tonne import ceiling and 50 percent over-quota duty reshape the bloc’s steel trade BRUSSELS, October 22, 2026 Ukraine’s largest private steelmaker has publicly asked the European Union to carve its wartime industry out of the bloc’s sweeping…

  • Midterm Rift

    Washington’s embassy in Ottawa accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections, hardening a trade dispute that has now outlasted the negotiations meant to settle it OTTAWA, October 22, 2026. The United States Embassy in Ottawa published a list of quotations from Canadian federal and provincial politicians on October 21, asserting that the remarks demonstrate…

  • Cheese Lawsuit

    A third-generation New Jersey food importer asks the Court of International Trade to strike down the first presidential use of a 1930 statute, in a case that could unwind the 50 percent tariff wall on Canadian goods NEW YORK, October 22, 2026. A family-owned food importer from Elizabeth, New Jersey, filed suit on October 20…

  • Steel Lifeline

    Ottawa and Queen’s Park commit C$8.7 billion to steel, autos and critical minerals as Washington’s 50 percent tariffs push Canada toward a “be our own best customer” industrial doctrine OTTAWA, October 22, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford stood together in Ottawa on October 21 to announce a C$8.7 billion joint…