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521 stories for “USMCA” · page 15 of 22

The Nine

The expensive week Washington shadow-dockets a tariff-authority challenge

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 · Apr 2, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The West Wing stays late on a dairy flare-up

Apr 1, 2026

White House

In Boise, a photo-op with refiners sidelines the map

Apr 1, 2026

Technology

A chip-export tightening: the view from Capitol Hill

Apr 1, 2026

Courts

A dangerous bargain over the mail-in voting order

Apr 1, 2026

World

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

Apr 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

A last-minute bargain over dollar-for-dollar tariffs

Mar 31, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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 · Mar 31, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger

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 · Mar 30, 2026

The Borderline

What 46 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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 · Mar 28, 2026

The Borderline

The northern border stays late on 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 · Mar 27, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 2100 and the problem of 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 · Mar 26, 2026

Markets

Bill 2099 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on March 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 26, 2026

The Borderline

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 · Mar 25, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from K Street

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 · Mar 24, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Grand Rapids watches

The number that moved Washington on March 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 24, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2067 and the problem of 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 · Mar 24, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in a dairy flare-up just got larger

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 · Mar 23, 2026

The Borderline

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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.

Elena Voss · Mar 22, 2026

The War

Bill 2041 and the problem of allied basing rights

Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 21, 2026

The Borderline

The softwood file: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 · Mar 21, 2026

The Map

An ugly bargain over the House battleground

From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 21, 2026

The Borderline

Chattanooga cannot look away from 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 · Mar 20, 2026

Drug Prices

An unfinished bargain over hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 20, 2026