Washington Lets USMCA Slide Into Annual Reviews – And Reshapes the Hemisphere’s Trade Map
Washington declined to renew USMCA, triggering a decade of annual reviews. What the tariff standoff means for Mexico, Canada and...
July 2, 2026Section
The Fed & US Economy
The Federal Reserve sets the price of money for the entire world, and the US economy’s signals – jobs, inflation, growth, sentiment – decide where global capital flows. The Rio Times covers the Fed, the dollar and US macro data through an emerging-market lens, because nothing moves Latin American rates and currencies more.
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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Trump won't renew the USMCA trade pact, Canada marks a rainy Canada Day, US...
July 2, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: on its final day the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in a sharp...
July 1, 2026
The US Supreme Court Lets the President Fire Regulators at Will — but Not the Fed
The Supreme Court gave the president power to fire independent-agency heads at will, overturning a 91-year precedent, while carving out...
July 1, 2026
After the Recession Scare: Can Canada’s Resource Rebound Last?
Canada's April growth dissolved recession talk, but it leaned on oil and the next month was already softer. The question...
July 1, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: the long wait gave way to results. The Supreme Court expanded presidential firing...
June 30, 2026
The Clock Starts Ticking on North America’s $2 Trillion Trade Pact
USMCA review triggers a 10-year countdown to July 2036 expiry. $2T in annual trade hangs on car rules, Chinese goods,...
June 30, 2026
A Hawkish Fed and the $9 Trillion Squeeze on Emerging Markets
A hawkish Fed and emerging markets are on a collision course as Washington holds firm while the developing world refinances...
June 29, 2026The Held Breath: Why So Much Power Now Waits on Courts, Central Banks, and Numbers
From the US Supreme Court to a stern Federal Reserve, courts and central banks now decide questions that voters once...
June 29, 2026