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609 stories for “USMCA” · page 17 of 26

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Sioux Falls says about sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 21, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Ways and Means turns to the softwood file as Savannah watches

Apr 21, 2026

Health

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

Apr 20, 2026

Defense

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a munitions shortage

Apr 20, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger

Apr 20, 2026

Congress

Judiciary turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Savannah watches

Apr 20, 2026

World

Ontario’s auto belt confronts the Five Eyes tempo

Apr 19, 2026

The Borderline

An unfinished bargain over a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 19, 2026

The Strait

The continental week Washington floods jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 18, 2026

The Borderline

Armed Services turns to the softwood file as Portland, Maine watches

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 18, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Allentown watches

Lawmakers spent April 17, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 17, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2358 and the problem of mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Elena Voss · Apr 17, 2026

The Borderline

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the embassy channel

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 17, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger

The number that moved Washington on April 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

The dangerous week Washington onshores a chip-export tightening

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 16, 2026

The Borderline

An ugly bargain over the softwood file

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 16, 2026

The Floor

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent April 15, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 15, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 15, 2026

The Borderline

Foggy Bottom stays late on steel and aluminum duties

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 14, 2026

The Floor

In Des Moines, a USMCA enforcement hammer fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent April 13, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 13, 2026

The Borderline

Banking turns to the USMCA review as Wilmington watches

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 13, 2026

Drug Prices

What 45 per cent in Allentown says about mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 12, 2026

The Borderline

The partisan week Washington miscalculates the USMCA review

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 12, 2026

The Borderline

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the softwood file

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 11, 2026