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Canada did not enact a sudden blanket ban on U.S. milk; instead, Canada operates a long-standing tariff‑rate quota (TRQ) system that allows set volumes of U.S. dairy tariff‑free while imposing very hi...
Donald Trump repeatedly promised that , but the promise was never fulfilled: , and U.S. federal funds and reallocations financed the construction instead . Reporting and fact-checking across timelines...
There is no clear, economy‑wide exodus of ese auto manufacturing from the into ; instead the reporting shows a mix of targeted model‑level production shifts, aimed at luring foreign automakers, and co...
A sudden Canadian cutoff of electricity to the United States would cause , because U.S. power systems are large, decentralized, and equipped with backup generation and interconnections beyond Canada. ...
Canada does not currently publish a list of specific U.S. cheese “types” that are universally banned; instead, Canadian rules mainly prohibit the sale of cheeses made from unpasteurized (raw) milk unl...
Donald Trump’s use of tariffs and trade pressure on Canada is explicit: his administration has imposed broad tariffs (reported as up to 25% on many Canadian goods, with energy at 10%) and halted talks...
Canada’s supply-management system keeps steep over‑quota dairy tariffs—commonly cited around 241%–298% (e.g., 241% on fluid milk, 298% on butter)—and limits how much U.S. dairy can enter duty‑free und...
China was the single largest source of U.S. tariff revenue in 2024, driven by large import volumes and high, trade-weighted tariff rates applied to Chinese goods (sources estimating China’s share and ...
Canadian dairy policy protects domestic farmers with tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) that let limited volumes in duty-free while imposing very high over-quota Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) duties — commonly ci...
’s economy is broadly stable but fragile: headline inflation is near target, household balance sheets have improved and growth is forecast to be modestly positive in 2026, yet the country faces linger...
A prolonged political crisis would amplify trade uncertainty for by keeping North American supply chains in limbo, weakening the practical protections of and accelerating ’s push to diversify markets—...
Canada and the United States remain deeply integrated: U.S. goods imports from Canada were about US$421.2 billion in 2024 while Canadian exports to the U.S. were roughly US$419.8 billion in 2024 (COMT...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has negotiated or launched negotiations on trade and investment agreements with the United Arab Emirates (signed a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement and ...
Recent US‑Canada dairy disputes have produced mixed, concrete effects: USMCA expanded U.S. access to Canadian dairy markets (about 3.5% of Canada’s market), but contested Canadian administration of ta...
Canada controls U.S. milk imports through a mix of trade-managed quotas and high over‑quota tariffs, detailed import permits and tariff‑rate quotas (TRQs) under the Export and Import Permits Act, and ...
Executive Summary Canada’s high headline dairy tariffs — often cited as around — are applied only when U.S. shipments exceed tightly controlled tariff-rate quota (TRQ) levels, so in practice American ...
Canada is unlikely to “lose” natural gas to the United States as a direct consequence of short-term U.S. electricity shortages; existing analyses show complex cross-border energy interactions where el...
The short answer: it depends on what is meant by “.” Traditional free trade agreements and major congressional‑executive deals have required implementing legislation and approval by both houses of (a ...
A sequence of dispute panels has produced concrete findings that forced Ottawa to tweak how it administers its 14 dairy tariff‑rate quotas (TRQs)—most notably by rejecting ’s practice of reserving lar...
Canada has negotiated a preliminary agreement-in-principle with China that lowers tariffs on key Canadian exports (notably canola, seafood and peas) and opens Canadian markets to a capped number of Ch...