Tag: economy
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Read more: Washington demanding ‘entry fee’ from Ottawa before trade talks: sourcesTrump administration demanding concessions before formally launching CUSMA talks, sources tell Radio-Canada Laurence Martin, Fannie Olivier, Daniel Thibeault · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2026 The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an “entry fee” from Canada to engage in trade…
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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…
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Read more: Report on Canada’s 2025 CUSMA Consultations released
I can’t find a date on this release…I just blundered into it on the Global Affairs website. I either missed it from earlier…or it is just out. Either way, this is so high level that it is…
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Read more: CUSMA Review 2026…First Steps
The United States Trade Representative office is holding three days of hearings this week “regarding the operation of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) in preparation for the…
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Read more: U.S. industry groups strongly back renewing CUSMA
As 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: 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: 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: Republicans in Congress agree to drop retaliatory proposal to raise taxes for Canadian companiesCongressional Republicans agreed to remove the so-called revenge tax provision from President Donald Trump’s big bill Thursday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked members of Congress to do so earlier in the day. The Section 899 provision…
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Read more: Canada needs to prepare for the effects of the ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’
This piece in the Globe and Mail starts to get at some of the issues and linkages that may well come up in the negotiation of a new relationship with the U.S. Contributed to The Globe and…