Tag: CUSMA Review
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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: 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: Sauron turns north againIt looks like The Eye of Sauron is turning its gaze north again… The story this week was that the U.S. Administration was putting a “pause” on the longstanding joint Board of Defence. The U.S. undersecretary of…
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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…
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Read more: US “Exceptionalism” on display…Exceptional arroganceThe Lutnick story was all over the news this past week. You know the guy…the one with the constant smirk…Epstein’s friend… I don’t believe for a minute the “officials” clarification. April 17, 2026 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick…
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Read more: Forward Guidance: PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to CanadiansIt is pretty rare to see Prime Ministers of Canada make this kind of direct appeal…and the sentiment expressed is one that I never thought I would see in my lifetime. Today, however, many Canadians, including myself,…
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Read more: LeBlanc says Canada ‘won’t be the source of any delay’ in renewing CUSMA
By 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…