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A small package crossing the Canada-U.S. border has become part of a much bigger fight over presidential power. On August 13, the U.S. Court of International Trade upheld President Donald Trump’s authority under an emergency-powers law to suspend the duty-free “de minimis” treatment historically available to many imports worth US$800 or less.

For Canadian merchants, th...


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Washington has opened a new front in its trade dispute with Canada, this time by placing the country inside what the White House describes as a global network helping Chinese goods avoid U.S. tariffs. A new report from the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy identifies Canada among the major jurisdictions where China-linked goods could be rerouted, processed ...


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The St. Lawrence River is becoming a front line in Canada’s attempt to reduce its economic exposure to the United States. On August 14, the Montreal Port Authority confirmed that in-water construction is underway at its Contrecœur expansion, a major new container terminal about 40 kilometres northeast of Montreal. The milestone arrives just days before U.S. President Donald T...


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Canada’s decision to spend months discussing trade irritants with Washington without moving into the kind of formal CUSMA negotiations already underway between the United States and Mexico is becoming harder to dismiss as a procedural detail. Trade analysts and former negotiators have warned that separate bilateral tracks can shape the eventual North American bargain before a...


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A Friday without a face-to-face meeting is not the same thing as a Friday without trade diplomacy. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is using August 14 to brief provincial and territorial trade ministers and members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s advisory committee, while U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer heads to Des Moines for a manufacturing visit and the ...


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