Category: Trade
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Read more: LeBlanc says Canada ‘won’t be the source of any delay’ in renewing CUSMABy Sean Boynton & David Akin Global News April 16, 2026 Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his side “certainly won’t be the source of any delay” in resolving negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade (CUSMA) that are expected…
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Read more: Imagine… a U.S. that is hostile to Canada’s interests…?
April 2, 2026 Canada should expect ‘hostility’ with U.S. trade talks less than three months away, trade analysts say Greer told Fox Business that Canada was behind Mexico on discussions, citing provincial bans on U.S. alcohol as…
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Read more: 2026 US National Trade Estimate ReportThe US National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers comes out every year and details what the US Administration views as foreign country barriers to US trade. This year’s report on Canada has a number of…
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Read more: How many more chances will the world get at saving the WTO?I spent some time working for Canada on WTO negotiations. My first Ministerial Meeting was the “Battle in Seattle”. I have some understanding of how difficult it is to land consensus in the organization. While many had…
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Read more: Carney’s mega anti-Trump alliance starts quest to save world tradeNearly 40 nations are hatching a plan to save the World Trade Organization or, if it can’t be salvaged, to build a new order. A long piece in Politico EU today that puts Canadian Prime Minister Carney…
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Read more: Janice Charette: we are in good handsPrime Minister Carney’s appointment of Janice Charette as Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States was generally welcomed given her long history service in the Public Service of Canada. I did see some grumbling that she has…
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Read more: Trump administration expands trade investigations to Canada, dozens of other countriesAnother day… more harassment.
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Read more: US facing headwinds in trade negotiations with Canada, US ambassador saysThere is something in the DNA of all MAGA-types I guess… their tactic of choice is gaslighting. Ambassador Hoekstra, who has demonstrated to many that he is not the right man for the job, seems to forget…
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Read more: Canada-U.S. trade talks have restarted. Here’s what’s at stakeFace-to-face negotiations resume for 1st time since Trump cancelled them in October Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Mar 06, 2026 For the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump called off negotiations last October — ostensibly over a TV…
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Read more: Trump’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda and Annual ReportSomeone has been hard at work trying to make a coherent policy out of the dumpster fire of U.S. trade policy. There are many things that stand out, but the one that always catches my eye is…