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521 stories for “USMCA” · page 14 of 22

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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

Canada–U.S.

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

Apr 15, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Foggy Bottom stays late on steel and aluminum duties

Apr 14, 2026

Congress

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

Apr 13, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Banking turns to the USMCA review as Wilmington watches

Apr 13, 2026

Health

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

Apr 12, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The partisan week Washington miscalculates the USMCA review

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

The Nine

A transactional bargain over a birthright petition

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 · Apr 10, 2026

The Alliance

The West Wing stays late on a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on April 10, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 10, 2026

The Borderline

Des Moines 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 10, 2026

The Borderline

Ways and Means turns to cross-border data rules as Chattanooga watches

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.

Elena Voss · Apr 9, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2250 and the problem of cross-border drug runs

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 8, 2026

The Borderline

Dollar-for-dollar tariffs: the view from Capitol Hill

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 · Apr 8, 2026

The Alliance

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on April 7, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 7, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in dollar-for-dollar tariffs just got larger

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 · Apr 7, 2026

Markets

Bill 2231 and the problem of a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 7, 2026

The Borderline

In Green Bay, the softwood file tests the map

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 6, 2026

The Floor

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent April 5, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 5, 2026

The Borderline

Washington 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 · Apr 5, 2026

The Nine

Energy and Commerce turns to sanctions litigation as Portland, Maine watches

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 4, 2026

The Borderline

Judiciary turns to the embassy channel as Allentown watches

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 4, 2026

The Borderline

Foggy Bottom 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 · Apr 3, 2026

The Floor

In Wilmington, a USMCA enforcement hammer rewrites the map

Lawmakers spent April 2, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 2, 2026