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521 stories for “USMCA” · page 2 of 22

The Peace Arch at the Canada–U.S. border

The Border

What 49 per cent in Allentown says about a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Aug 29, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Sioux Falls cannot look away from the auto rules of origin

Aug 29, 2026

Energy

Gulf Coast refining: the view from the border

Aug 28, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Fresno cannot look away from cross-border data rules

Aug 28, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Foreign Relations turns to the auto rules of origin as Manchester watches

Aug 27, 2026

Congress

What 51 per cent in Boise says about the farm bill leftovers

Aug 26, 2026

Energy

In Toledo, jet-fuel hedges rations the map

Aug 26, 2026

The Borderline

The last-minute week Washington weaponizes cross-border data rules

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 26, 2026

The Borderline

The farm-state biofuels carve-out 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.

Elena Voss · Aug 24, 2026

The Borderline

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts 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 · Aug 23, 2026

The Floor

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent August 23, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 23, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a birthright petition just got larger

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

Claire Fontaine · Aug 23, 2026

The Borderline

The expensive week Washington weaponizes 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 · Aug 23, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3858 and the problem of a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 22, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from Capitol Hill

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Aug 22, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 3852 and the problem of 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 · Aug 22, 2026

The Nine

K Street stays late on the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 21, 2026

The Alliance

Spokane cannot look away from Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 21, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 21, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 20, 2026

The Map

A quiet bargain over the generic ballot

From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Aug 20, 2026

The Borderline

Langley stays late on 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 · Aug 19, 2026

The Borderline

The quiet week Washington frays 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 · Aug 18, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage weaponizes the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 18, 2026

The Alliance

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 18, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 18, 2026