USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, April 23, 2026
US-Canada brief: S&P and Nasdaq hit records then fell on tanker news. 81% beat earnings but reactions brutal. Trump orders...
April 23, 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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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
US and Canada intelligence brief: Warsh vows not to be Trump's "sock puppet" but proposes "regime change" at Fed. Nasdaq...
April 22, 2026
86% of US CEOs Treat Trump’s Tariffs as Permanent: PwC Survey
PwC's April 2026 survey finds 86% of US CEOs now treat Trump tariffs as a permanent planning assumption expected to...
April 22, 2026
Hormuz Diplomacy Enters Its Final 24 Hours
Xi broke silence on Hormuz in rare Saudi call as the US-Iran ceasefire approaches April 22 expiration and Islamabad talks...
April 21, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief April 21: Canada sentiment slump, US housing data, Warsh Fed hearing, Powell transition, cross-border policy...
April 21, 2026
Warsh Faces Senate With Powell Still Holding the Chair
Trump Fed nominee Kevin Warsh told the Senate the central bank must "stay in its lane" and avoid fiscal and...
April 21, 2026
Anthropic Locks In 5 Gigawatts of AWS Compute for a Decade
$100B over 10 years, 5 gigawatts of AWS compute: Anthropic's mega-deal with Amazon reaches $33B total investment. What it means...
April 21, 2026
Washington Begins Returning $166 Billion in Illegal Tariffs
The Trump administration opened the CAPE portal Monday to refund US$166 billion in IEEPA tariffs struck down in February, with...
April 21, 2026 USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Monday, April 20, 2026
US-Canada Pulse: Goldman Sachs record earnings, Russia oil waiver renewal, S&P 500 reaction, cross-border policy briefings for April 20.
April 20, 2026