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The Embassy of Canada on Pennsylvania Avenue

The Borderline

White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom.

Sophie Tremblay · Oct 23, 2026

Canada–U.S.

White House says the US is lifting tariffs on some Canadian goods

Oct 23, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Trump sued over Canadian tariffs in latest legal challenge

Oct 20, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Egg prices have tumbled since Trump returned to office. Here's why

Oct 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Along U.S. Route 1, Maine voters worry about heating oil, gas and Canadian tariffs

Oct 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The September 29 import bans are the next Canadian date that is not on television

Sep 25, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Quebec’s aluminum towns are still living inside someone else’s statute

Sep 24, 2026

Campaign 2026

Emerson’s generic ballot is now 53–42 for Democrats

Trump’s approval is 39 per cent. Iran, jobs and tariffs are the top three issues. November is six weeks away.

Peter Lang · Sep 24, 2026

The Borderline

Alberta’s oil patch heard the ban and the walk-back in the same news cycle

A U.S. diesel curb would have rerouted more than a talking point. The denial did not restore trust.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 23, 2026

The Borderline

A U.S. diesel ban would be a Canadian winter story by Thursday

Atlantic racks, Prairie harvests and Quebec trucking do not have a domestic surplus to raid.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

The Borderline

Ontario’s auto belt will not be in the UN photo

Section 338, retaliation and a review clause: the Canadian file travels to New York as an absence.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

The Borderline

Carney’s EU hedge is the story Washington pretends not to hear

If the southern market is a hostage, Ottawa will keep looking east.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026

The Borderline

USMCA is still the agreement Washington declined to renew

Annual reviews are not a trade architecture. They are a hostage calendar.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 18, 2026

On the Hill

The House sends Graham’s Russia-Iran sanctions to the desk

The vote was 262–159. Fifty-eight Democrats helped. The war still needs a strategy, not another annex.

Amrita Shah · Sep 17, 2026

The Borderline

House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026

The Borderline

GSA is taking Canadian goods off the American shopping list

Procurement is the quiet tariff. Ottawa noticed.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026

The Borderline

Section 338’s new Canada list is now live

The rewrite that landed on September 8 is no longer a threat. It is a customs code.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026

The Fed

Inflation at 3.4 per cent is the quiet verdict on the second term

Tariffs and Hormuz are in the same CPI. Households do not split the difference.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 14, 2026

The Borderline

The September 15 list is already a Canadian factory problem

Washington’s Section 338 rewrite lands tomorrow. Ottawa has the retaliation up. Plants in Ontario are not waiting for a mood swing.

Elena Voss · Sep 14, 2026

The Borderline

In Little Rock, the USMCA review miscalculates the map

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.

Elena Voss · Sep 11, 2026

The Borderline

What 51 per cent in Anchorage 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 · Sep 10, 2026

The Borderline

A quiet bargain over 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 · Sep 9, 2026

The Borderline

In Anchorage, a dairy flare-up weaponizes the map

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 · Sep 8, 2026

The Borderline

The continental week Washington isolates 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 · Sep 7, 2026