Tag: Trade Negotiations
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Brussels and Beijing enter the final stretch before an October deadline with the electric vehicle minimum price mechanism only half built, Chinese duties still collecting on European pork, dairy and brandy, and a new fight over investigative jurisdiction poisoning the well. BRUSSELS, August 25, 2026 The most consequential number published in the China-EU trade file…
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Washington prepares a 7.5 percent overcapacity tariff on Chinese goods, a move calibrated to reach, but not breach, the 20 percent cap Beijing says it was promised ahead of the September 24 Xi-Trump summit WASHINGTON, August 25, 2026. The Trump administration is preparing to impose an additional 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods under its…
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A four million tonne steel quota at 25 per cent, aluminum halved, autos cut to 15 per cent and lumber left dangling. Inside the metals and vehicles package Ottawa had all but signed, and the reasons Canadian industry told the Prime Minister to walk away from it. TORONTO, AUGUST 24, 2026 For about 72 hours…
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An 80-minute phone call between Presidents Lula and Trump revives stalled negotiations over the 25 percent Section 301 tariff and the 12.5 percent forced-labor duty squeezing Brazilian exports to the United States WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2026 The United States and Brazil agreed on Friday to restart negotiations over the tariffs Washington imposed on Brazilian goods…
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The package that died in Washington would have halved steel and aluminum duties, cut auto tariffs to 15 per cent and opened formal CUSMA talks. What Canadian producers lost, and what they keep HAMILTON, Ontario, August 22, 2026 The tariffs that made headlines on Saturday morning were not the ones that matter most to Canadian…
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Carney suspends negotiations and pledges dollar-for-dollar retaliation as Washington’s 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly $28 billion of Canadian exports OTTAWA, August 22, 2026 At 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, the most consequential escalation in the Canada-United States trade conflict since early 2025 took legal effect. An additional 50 per cent ad…
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Canada and the United States enter the final hours of a three-day reprieve from the first Section 338 tariffs in the statute’s 96-year history, with roughly US$20 billion in cross-border trade riding on documents that still are not signed OTTAWA, August 21, 2026 – Canadian and American negotiators are working against a midnight expiry tonight…
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Premiers have agreed to restock American alcohol as a good-faith gesture in the Section 338 endgame, resolving one of Washington’s three formal grievances while exposing the limits of what a government can deliver when the barrier is a consumer, not a customs officer WINNIPEG, August 21, 2026 – Canada’s premiers have agreed to return United…
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Mexico City presses Washington to shrink the 25 percent Section 232 automotive tariff as the USMCA review heads toward a make or break fourth round in September, with rules of origin, steel, and the future of North American carmaking on the table WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – Mexico is mounting its most determined push yet…
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Oslo readies for a fresh round of American tariffs after talks in Washington produce no relief from a 12.5 percent forced labor levy, with a second Section 301 decision on industrial overcapacity expected within weeks WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – Norway walked out of high level trade talks in Washington this week with no relief…