Tag: USMCA
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On June 10, President Trump told reporters he is “not looking to renew” the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, three weeks before the pending July 1 review deadline. The statement dominated headlines at this week’s Canada-U.S summit in Toronto, where Prime Minister Carney and U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra were both pressed on what comes next. But Trump’s comments don’t…
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On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed something it had not seen in nearly sixty years: a living animal on American soil infested with the larvae of the New World screwworm. The host was a three-week-old calf in Zavala County, in the brushland of South Texas about 25 miles from the Mexican…
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On May 4, 2026, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX flipped the switch on a fully dedicated Southeast Mexico Express (SMX) intermodal train, a single-line, premium service connecting the U.S. Southeast directly with Texas and Mexico. The launch caps eighteen months of joint work that began in December 2024, when the two Class I…
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Executive Overview: Preferential Treatment Requires Continuous Substantiation USMCA preferential duty treatment, while valuable for importers qualified to claim it, is not automatic and not assured once claimed. US Customs and Border Protection actively verifies USMCA eligibility claims through request-for-information procedures and entry denials when documentation is inadequate. Importers frequently lose preferential tariff benefits despite believing…
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The Fraying of North American Trade Relations As Canada sends a senior trade official to Washington for discussions with the U.S. Trade Representative, the underlying message is clear: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which serves as the foundation for North American trade, is under unprecedented strain. While the agreement remains formally intact and technically the…