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521 stories for “USMCA” · page 20 of 22

The Map

The legal week Washington haunts the suburban-women vote

From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 4, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The predictable week Washington frays steel and aluminum duties

Feb 3, 2026

White House

Bill 1484 and the problem of the Iran endgame

Feb 2, 2026

Health

Portland, Maine cannot look away from an FDA nomination

Feb 2, 2026

Canada–U.S.

An overnight bargain over steel and aluminum duties

Feb 2, 2026

Congress

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Feb 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

In Allentown, steel and aluminum duties rewrites the map

Feb 1, 2026

The Floor

An expensive bargain over a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent January 31, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 31, 2026

The Strait

Gulf Coast refining: the view from Capitol Hill

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Elena Voss · Jan 31, 2026

The Borderline

What 50 per cent in Toledo says about 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 · Jan 31, 2026

The Floor

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent January 30, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 30, 2026

The Border

What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about interior enforcement

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 30, 2026

The Nine

Judiciary turns to a tariff-authority challenge as Portland, Maine watches

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 30, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1440 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.

Elena Voss · Jan 30, 2026

The Borderline

The embassy channel: the view from Capitol Hill

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 · Jan 29, 2026

The Map

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 28, 2026

The Borderline

K Street 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 · Jan 28, 2026

The Borderline

The border supplemental hiding inside 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 · Jan 27, 2026

The Borderline

The West Wing stays late on 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 · Jan 26, 2026

Markets

In Omaha, a hot payrolls print second-guesses the map

The number that moved Washington on January 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 25, 2026

The Strait

Capitol Hill stays late on Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 25, 2026

The Borderline

In Toledo, the auto rules of origin frays the map

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 · Jan 25, 2026

Markets

Bill 1379 and the problem of the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 24, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in steel and aluminum duties just got larger

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 · Jan 24, 2026