USMCA

• U.S. formally requests dispute resolution over Canada’s dairy import quotas

  The request marks an escalation of a U.S. complaint first lodged in December 2020, alleging that Canada was improperly allocating some of the USMCA's tariff-rate quotas.

  Canada

  May 25
• Canadian Pacific Railway to buy Kansas City Southern for $25B

  "This will create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada railroad," Canadian Pacific Chief Executive Keith Creel said in a statement.

  Canada

  Mar 21
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• U.S. tests CUSMA, issues challenge to Canada’s dairy quotas

  Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump's trade ambassador, says the U.S. has made a formal request for consultations to address Canada's limits on a variety of dairy products.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
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• Biden says U.S. government contracts must ‘buy American’ to be approved

  Canadian officials on both sides of the border have been talking about plans to sell the U.S. on a different approach: "Buy North American."

  Economy

  Nov 16, 2020
• Canada’s unilateral ban on single-use plastics would go against spirit of CUSMA: critics

  The Washington-based Plastics Industry Association added its voice this week to a chorus of complaints about the proposal to ban some single use plastics.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2020
• Trump says he’s going to ban TikTok. Will Canada do the same?

  The Trump administration's move to ban the popular app over cyber security concerns has since raised the same question for their neighbours north of the border.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2020
• Tariffs unnecessary as North American economy reboots, Trudeau tells Trump

  Trudeau said he made that point to the U.S. president in a phone call earlier Monday.

  Politics

  Jul 13, 2020
• CUSMA won’t limit Canadian retaliation against U.S. tariffs: negotiator

  Steve Verheul say that under the terms of the May 2019 agreement on tariffs, Canada would be able to impose retaliatory levies against American aluminum.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2020
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• Canada absent as U.S., Mexican presidents meet at White House to talk CUSMA

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to join the talks, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this week's pressing parliamentary business and the continuing threat of renewed U.S. tariffs against Canadian aluminum exports.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2020
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• Should Canadians worry about the arrival of more U.S. dairy under CUSMA?

  Under the new CUSMA agreement, Canada will provide U.S. dairy farmers access to about 3.5 per cent of its $16 billion annual domestic dairy market.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2020