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Ontario suspends electricity sales surcharge amid potential U.S. retaliation

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El martes, Ontario, Canadá, decidió eliminar un recargo del 25% sobre la electricidad exportada a Estados Unidos. Esta medida fue una respuesta a un anuncio del presidente Donald Trump,quien había propuesto aumentar los aranceles al 50% en las importaciones de acero y aluminio provenientes de Canadá,según reportó Associated Press. posteriormente, NBC News informó que Trump […]

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Ontario drops surcharge on electricity sales under threat of US retaliation

Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday dropped a 25% surcharge it had planned to place on electricity sold to the U.S., in response to an announcement by President Donald Trump that he would impose a 50% rather than 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, The Associated Press reported. NBC News later reported that Trump appeared to back away from imposing the 50% tariff.

“Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my...

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Bill aims to speed cross-border freight, intercept illegal drugs

WASHINGTON — New legislation aimed at catching drug smugglers at the border will also speed truck and container inspections into and out of the U.S., according to lawmakers.

The Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by Reps. Clay Higgins, R-La., and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to create a pilot program using “next-generation technology,” including potentially...

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Making sense of Trump’s new trade war

President Donald Trump has once again thrust trade policy into the spotlight, threatening to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. This bold move comes as a shock to many, given the recent ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which was meant to usher in a new era of North American economic cooperation.

These tariffs were originally scheduled to be implemented on Feb. 1 but were delayed by a month after concessions on border troops by first Mexico,...

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Border seizures of fentanyl, drug central to tariff war, fell in FY 2024

President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada centers around stopping illegal immigration and fentanyl from entering the United States from those countries.

The Trump administration said fentanyl, in addition to illegal immigration, constitutes a national emergency, giving the president the power to authorize tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

“Today, I have implemented a 25% Tariff on Imports from Mexico and Canada (10% on Canadian...

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Trade group wary of unfunded mandate to curtail fentanyl smuggling

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —  The Airforwarders Association is interacting with more international organizations to gain wider influence for issues important to U.S. logistics providers. Other priorities this year involve funding to improve airport cargo flows and preventing the White House and Congress from putting the onus on logistics providers for stopping cross-border shipments of fentanyl.

Executive Director Brandon Fried expressed concern during the general membership meeting here last week that the...

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Five biggest Mexico border drug busts of 2020

Almost $400 million in narcotics were seized from trucks attempting to cross from Mexico into the U.S. during 2020.

Everything from shipments of tomatoes, avocados, jalapenos and broccoli, to loads of cobblestones, lighting fixtures and electronic equipment were used in attempted smuggling cases at the border.

Here are five of the biggest U.S.-Mexico border drug busts this year.

1. Mexican police find $62M in drugs in abandoned truck near border

Mexican authorities found 25,000 pounds worth of...

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Cocaine, two men found in container on Maersk vessel

A.P. Møller – Mærsk said it is cooperating with Mexican authorities after two men and 102.5 kilos of cocaine were found in a container on board the Svendborg Maersk at the Port of Manzanillo on Thursday. 

“We can confirm that authorities at Manzanillo Terminal are conducting an investigation after allegedly two stevedores were found hidden alongside narcotics in one container,” said Christian Kjærgaard-Winther, Maersk’s senior press officer. “We are collaborating with the Mexican authorities in...

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