USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 31: Trump demands Canadian companies move south “immediately”, Ottawa’s counter-tariffs take effect September
August 31, 2026Section
US Trade & Policy
US tariffs, sanctions and trade policy now reshape global commerce by the week – and Latin America is directly in the blast radius, from Brazil tariffs to Mexico’s border economy. The Rio Times covers Washington’s trade and economic policy and its emerging-market fallout.
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USMCA Review Leaves the Trade Pact in Limbo as the 2036 Expiry Clock Starts
The USMCA 2026 review ended without a confirmed extension. What the July 1 decision, 50% steel tariffs and annual reviews...
August 31, 2026
Nvidia’s $96 Billion Quarter: How One Company Became the Market’s Mood
Nvidia posted $96.2 billion against a $92.4 billion consensus and guided to $108 billion, its fifteenth straight beat, with zero...
August 30, 2026
Operation Economic Outcast: Inside America’s Economic War on Iran
Operation Economic Outcast designated 78 targets on day one, opened five Iranian sectors to secondary sanctions and warned every country...
August 30, 2026
The 50% Wall: How the US-Canada Trade Relationship Collapsed in a Week
Canada walked out of trade talks, Washington imposed 50% duties on $20 billion of goods under Section 338, and Ottawa...
August 30, 2026
Kevin Warsh’s Fed: The Jackson Hole Sentence That Moved September
Kevin Warsh’s first keynote as Fed chairman pushed September rate-rise odds from about 35 to 56 per cent. What he...
August 30, 2026
The 55 Percent Deal: How Washington Claimed Venezuela’s Oil Without a Signature
Washington says it holds majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. No text is public, no operator is...
August 30, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 29: Trump announces majority control of 65 billion Venezuelan barrels, September Fed odds...
August 29, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 28, 2026: Fed chair Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole keynote and the day's key US...
August 28, 2026