Category: Trade
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Read more: U.S. industry groups strongly back renewing CUSMAAs the review of the USMCA approaches, US interests are making their views known to the Trump administration. There is an interesting story by CBC today… Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Dec 01, 2025 Manufacturers praise Trump for signing…
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Read more: Canada is hitting a Trade Negotiations ResetSince his election, Prime Minister Carney has made trade diversification, in the face of U.S. tariffs and protectionism, a key focus. Having spent much of my career working on trade negotiations for Canada I can imagine just…
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Read more: The Insanity of King DonIt is too early in the day for my blood pressure to be this high. We work up this morning to this story. Trump claims Canada ‘CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT’ with Ontario tariff ad, calls off trade…
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Read more: Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-ChiefI came across a long read article in The New Yorker (a bit dated…it’s from July) that paints a vivid picture of Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. I have to say it confirms many of my…
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Read more: Small businesses that relied on duty-free U.S. shipping wonder if they can survive without itby Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Aug 29, 2025 De minimis exemption ends Friday, hitting Canadian mom-and-pop shops hard As of Friday, Canada’s small businesses can no longer ship small packages to the U.S. duty-free — and some online…
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Read more: Canada to resume free-trade talks with South American bloc MercosurAugust 25, 2025, Reuters Canada and South American bloc Mercosur will resume negotiations for a free-trade agreement, Brasilia and Ottawa announced on Monday after a meeting in Brazil’s capital. Mercosur, whose rotating presidency is currently held by…
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Read more: Canada to remove many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods: reportsAugust 22, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that Canada is removing retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products in a bid to reset trade discussions with the White House that have stalled in recent weeks. He…
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Read more: No…other countries are not “gifting” Trump with billions of dollars.I have not posted for a while. Summer doldrums I suppose (although there is plenty of important stuff taking place as we all know). But a large part of it is I am finding it hard to…
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Read more: Canada was once the number-one buyer of U.S. wines. Since the trade war, that’s changed -
Read more: A founding father of Canadian wine still has work to doA good idea here… Christopher Waters Special to The Globe and Mail Published June 25, 2025 Donald Ziraldo, who helped kick-startthe modern wine industry in Canada by launching Inniskillin Wines with co-founder Karl Kaiser in 1975, is pushing…