The U.S.-Canada trade landscape is shifting faster than any business can track on its own. But here's what hasn't changed: if your...
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New $1 billion Business Development Bank of Canada program and $500 million in additional funding for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative
BDC Program - additional $1 BillionAvailable to industries that manufacture and export products containing steel, aluminum or copper. It...
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Changes to S. 232 tariffs on metals
On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued a Proclamation, “Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper...
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President Trump announces S.232 tariff on imports of timber, lumber and their derivative products
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