Tag: Trade Negotiations
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Talks to cut United States duties on Mexican steel, aluminum and vehicles have stalled inside the administration over Commerce Department resistance, leaving roughly half a trillion dollars of annual trade waiting on a rate decision as the USMCA joint review approaches. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2026 A tariff agreement between the United States and Mexico that…
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The Netherlands tells New Delhi there will be no renegotiation of Europe’s carbon border levy, offers compliance help for Indian small exporters instead, and puts the India EU trade deal on a December signature and spring implementation THE HAGUE, October 26, 2026 – The Netherlands has ruled out any renegotiation of the European Union’s Carbon…
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Trump told a Michigan border rally on Sunday that a Canada agreement is close and that Ottawa is willing to give the United States “anything.” Canadian officials say no deal is expected before the November 3 midterms, and Dominic LeBlanc says Canada will not be rushed. OTTAWA, Monday, October 26, 2026 OTTAWA, Oct. 26, 2026…
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Donald Trump says Canada is working hard for an agreement and that Washington holds every advantage. Mark Carney says Ottawa could sign one this afternoon. With American midterms days away and formal talks still suspended since August, both capitals are now negotiating in public rather than at the table. By the Canada Trade Desk |…
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France used the Dublin trade ministers’ meeting to press Washington for a wine and spirits carve-out from the 15 percent transatlantic tariff, invoking the Irish whiskey exemption as precedent and testing the limits of the Turnberry framework DUBLIN, Oct. 24, 2026 France has renewed its campaign for United States tariff exemptions on wine and spirits,…
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Trump and Sheinbaum both say a bilateral deal is close, but reporting this week places Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick between Mexico and the Section 232 steel and aluminum relief it has spent five months seeking. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2026 Two presidents have now said in the same week that a United States trade agreement with…
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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…
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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…
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India and New Zealand switch on a free trade agreement that strips duties from every Indian tariff line entering New Zealand, opens 57 per cent of New Zealand’s shipments to India duty free on day one, and leaves dairy behind a wall that Wellington could not breach. NEW DELHI, 20 OCTOBER 2026 The India New…
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s resistance to cutting the 25 percent auto and 50 percent metals tariffs has stalled a bilateral deal Mexico City believed was close, complicating the USMCA review calendar WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 19, 2026 A bilateral tariff agreement that Mexican officials described as weeks away has run into opposition from inside the American cabinet, according…