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609 stories for “USMCA” · page 10 of 26

The Borderline

Ontario’s auto belt confronts 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 · Jul 8, 2026

Canada–U.S.

In Wilmington, cross-border data rules tests the map

Jul 7, 2026

World

Alberta’s oil patch confronts Mexico’s balancing act

Jul 6, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Tucson cannot look away from a dairy flare-up

Jul 6, 2026

Congress

An unfinished bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Jul 6, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a dairy flare-up

Jul 5, 2026

Courts

The intelligence panel turns to a birthright petition as Allentown watches

Jul 4, 2026

The Borderline

In Sioux Falls, steel and aluminum duties reopens the map

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.

Elena Voss · Jul 4, 2026

The Floor

Chattanooga cannot look away from an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent July 4, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 4, 2026

The War

Capitol Hill stays late on an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jul 3, 2026

The Borderline

In Manchester, dollar-for-dollar tariffs tests the map

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 3, 2026

West Wing

The ugly week Washington doubles down on the mail-in ballot order

On July 2, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 2, 2026

The Borderline

A transactional bargain over 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 · Jul 2, 2026

The Floor

The defence production rewrite hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent July 2, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 2, 2026

The Borderline

Steel and aluminum duties: the view from Capitol Hill

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 · Jul 1, 2026

The Floor

Foggy Bottom stays late on a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent July 1, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 1, 2026

The Borderline

What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about 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 · Jun 30, 2026

The Borderline

Alberta’s oil patch 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 · Jun 29, 2026

The Borderline

An expensive 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 · Jun 28, 2026

The Borderline

Savannah cannot look away from 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 · Jun 27, 2026

The Floor

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

Lawmakers spent June 26, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 26, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in Canadian heavy crude just got larger

A barrel at US$97 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 26, 2026

The Border

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jun 26, 2026

The War

Foreign Relations turns to the Canada spending file as Des Moines watches

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

Marcus Hale · Jun 26, 2026