Tag: USMCA
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Two months into the joint review, North America’s trade pact is running on two tracks: real progress with Mexico, open confrontation with Canada, and a September deadline week that will test both WASHINGTON, September 6, 2026 The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remains fully in force, but the review process meant to secure its future has split…
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Canada readies $20 billion in dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on US steel, dairy and farm equipment for September 8, leaving the North American trade pact and US exporters exposed WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2026 By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting American exporters woke up Monday to a countdown clock. Canada will impose roughly $20 billion in…
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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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Mexico presses Washington to slash Section 232 auto tariffs and rewrite content rules as the USMCA review heads toward a decisive fourth round WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2026 – Mexico is mounting its most aggressive push yet to dismantle the tariff wall that the United States has built around the North American auto industry, pressing the…
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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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American and Mexican negotiators open three days of talks in Mexico City with autos, steel, and Chinese transshipment on the table, and the future of North American free trade increasingly negotiated one year at a time MEXICO CITY, July 21, 2026. United States and Mexican negotiating teams convened in the Mexican capital on Tuesday for…
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Washington and Mexico City open a decisive third round of USMCA review talks this week, with tougher auto content rules, metals verification, and China’s growing footprint in Mexican factories at the center of the table By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 The United States and Mexico begin their third…
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With the continental pact unrenewed and rolling annual reviews now the rule, Washington opens a third bilateral round with Mexico while Ottawa waits for a seat at the table OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. The trilateral trade agreement that has governed the North American economy since 2020 has entered an uncertain new chapter, and Canada is…
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What an open-ended joint review means for North American supply chains – and what importers should be doing now On June 10, 2026, speaking from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said the United States is “not looking to renew” the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trilateral pact that replaced NAFTA in 2020 and that…
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A free-trade partner that pays more than countries with no free-trade deal at all There is a peculiar arithmetic at the heart of North American trade in the summer of 2026, and it has Mexican negotiators quietly furious. Mexico is the United States’ closest manufacturing partner, the largest single source of imported cars on American…