Category: Trade
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Read more: U.S. Ambassador keeps talking tradeU.S. Ambassador to Canada blames Canada for lack of progress related to renegotiation of CUSMA… He also tries to reframe the Gordie Howe Bridge impasse… Hoekstra says no ‘significant progress’ in 14 months of trade negotiations, but…
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Read more: US won’t renew USMCA trade pact as Greer targets Canada’s China tiesIgor Patrick in Washington 2 Jul 2026 Beijing not named in official notice, but US trade chief blames Canada’s courtship of Chinese investment as major obstacle to new agreement The United States confirmed on Wednesday it would not renew its…
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Read more: CUSMA ReviewCanada and the United States statements following today’s trilateral meeting of the Free Trade Commission of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on the USMCA Joint Review July 01, 2026 WASHINGTON – The Agreement between the United…
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Read more: U.S. ambassador pitches Trump’s CUSMA threats as opportunity to ‘make us an offer’Ambassador Hoekstra is back at it. Trying to explain away President Trump’s latest… “we don’t need anything from Canada” line from yesterday. It is obviously getting more difficult to do, because Hoekstra increasingly has to rely on…
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Read more: Method to the madness…President Trump’s chaotic trade agenda with Canada, and other countries, is usually seen as being all about using tariffs as a lever with bilateral partners to relocate production to the U.S. and to leverage policy decisions that…
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Read more: Ambassador Jamieson Greer: Trade theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalizationIt’s always useful to understand what your negotiating partner thinks. USTR Greer seeks to put a more theoretical gloss on Trump Administration trade policy…worth a read May 29, 2026 WASHINGTON – Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an article in the June…
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Read more: A strong Canada ‘will help make America great again,’ Carney tells New York business leadersYou can watch the video of PM Carney’s speech below.
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Read more: US to keep tariffs on USMCA countries, issues with Canada ‘significant’, Greer saysMore pressure… Reuters May 26, 2026 Story by David Lawder and David Shepardson WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, May 26 (Reuters) – The Trump administration intends to maintain tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said…
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Read more: Canadians should just suck it up and accept it…
My favourite U.S. Ambassador is at it again. Trying to gaslight Canadians…that’s got to be it, right? While I don’t like him, I would bet as a former politician he actually does understand what is happening. I’ve…
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Read more: No ‘down payment’ on USMCA. Here’s what to offer instead
Daniel Schwanen, Senior Vice President of the CD Howe Institute has put forward a proposal that discusses the kind of “high-level framework” that Canada could put forward in the context of the CUSMA review process. It will…