Tag: Trade Negotiations
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Quebec declares the American alcohol boycott a matter of provincial jurisdiction alone, complicating a federal negotiation in which liquor shelves have become a tariff trigger OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – The Quebec government has told Ottawa and Washington that American alcohol will remain off provincial liquor store shelves until the province is satisfied with the…
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Canadian producers tell Ottawa that supply management is not currency as Washington talks accelerate toward an August 19 tariff wall OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – Canada’s dairy producers have drawn the sharpest public line yet against the federal government’s negotiating strategy with the United States, warning that any further loosening of the supply management system…
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Ottawa’s three part concession package on alcohol, dairy quota allocation and auto counter tariffs runs into a constitutional wall as Ontario attaches conditions and British Columbia refuses outright OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. The Canadian government has put a full concession package on the table in Washington in an effort to head off 50 per cent…
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Carney concedes Canada is “in the middle of a tariff war” as Washington negotiations sour with twelve days left before a 50 per cent duty wall rises on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly acknowledged this week that Canada and the United States are engaged in…
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Ottawa revives tariff rate quotas on steel and aluminum exports in a bid to buy relief from Section 232 duties, even as officials dispute how close the two sides really are with 12 days left before a new 50 percent tariff wave lands. OTTAWA, Aug. 7, 2026. Canadian negotiators have put export quotas on steel…
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Ottawa pushes for relief across every Section 232 sector as a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff wall closes in on August 19, with steel and aluminum export quotas back on the negotiating table OTTAWA, August 6, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian negotiators are pressing Washington for relief across “all strategic sectors” of…
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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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The largest trade agreement either side has ever concluded has moved off the negotiators’ desks and into the ratification machinery, with a December signature, a spring 2027 start date, and a district-by-district exporter outreach campaign now defining the road ahead. NEW DELHI, August 4, 2026 – Six months after India and the European Union concluded…
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Six months into the EU-China minimum price experiment for electric vehicles, only one car has crossed the finish line, and the truce now faces its sternest examination yet from compliance haggling, surging Chinese market share, and a looming fight over plug-in hybrids. BRUSSELS, August 4, 2026 – The most ambitious trade truce Brussels has attempted…
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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…