
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: a 25% US tariff on Brazil, Amazon lifts Wall Street, an Iran-linked...
August 3, 2026The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: a 25% US tariff on Brazil, Amazon lifts Wall Street, an Iran-linked...
August 3, 2026
Brazil imported $5.2B in Chinese vehicles Jan-May 2026, up 146.9%, seizing the #1 global buyer spot from Russia. Electrified models...
August 1, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 31 — corrected: Trump's new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods take effect 19 August;...
July 31, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 30 — Canada slips into technical recession while new U.S. tariffs raise trade anxiety....
July 30, 2026
A rare 9-3 Fed rate decision hold with 3 hawkish dissents triggers a 1.5% Ibovespa drop as the dollar eases...
July 30, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 29 — North America reels from a tech-led market rout and security shocks. Canada...
July 29, 2026
Trump launches immediate Section 301 investigation into EU trade practices after a $1B antitrust fine on Google, demanding reversal and...
July 28, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 27 — Canada battles catastrophic wildfires as 17,000 flee, violent shootings rock Montreal and...
July 27, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 25 — Toronto classifies a pre-dawn U.S. consulate shooting as a national security incident...
July 25, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds