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521 stories for “USMCA” · page 9 of 22

The Alliance

Bill 2930 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on June 5, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 5, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The quiet week Washington isolates the embassy channel

Jun 4, 2026

Energy

Banking turns to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Raleigh watches

Jun 4, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Sioux Falls cannot look away from the USMCA review

Jun 3, 2026

Congress

What 52 per cent in Tucson says about a USMCA enforcement hammer

Jun 3, 2026

Technology

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside Canada’s compute shortage

Jun 3, 2026

Courts

Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger

Jun 3, 2026

The Borderline

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside 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 · Jun 2, 2026

The Floor

The debt-limit shadow play: the view from K Street

Lawmakers spent June 2, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 2, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

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 · Jun 1, 2026

The Borderline

The border supplemental hiding inside steel and aluminum duties

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 · May 31, 2026

Markets

The last-minute week Washington front-runs a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on May 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 31, 2026

The Alliance

European energy nerves: the view from the border

American statecraft on May 30, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 30, 2026

The Borderline

The an AI liability bill hiding inside steel and aluminum duties

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 · May 30, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington haunts a special-election warning

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 30, 2026

The Floor

Alberta’s oil patch confronts a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent May 30, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 30, 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 · May 29, 2026

Markets

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on May 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 29, 2026

The Borderline

The USMCA review: the view from Langley

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 · May 28, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2840 and the problem of the gasoline file

On May 28, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 28, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger

A barrel at US$92 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 28, 2026

The Borderline

An overnight 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 · May 27, 2026

The Borderline

Savannah cannot look away from steel and aluminum duties

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 · May 26, 2026

Markets

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on May 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 26, 2026