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Dairy farm landscape near Westby, Wisconsin — Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0

Accountability|Canada, United States

U.S. bars certain Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles — Section 338 exclusions hit

Presidential Proclamations 11061, 11062 and 11063 exclude specified Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor-vehicle products from importation into the United States effective 29 September 2026 at 12:01 a.m. ET — escalating from the prior 50% Section 338 duties. CBP is rejecting covered entries in ACE. Distinct from steel tariffs that Stelco cited when idling Hamilton cold-rolled lines.

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Shopping cart in a supermarket — Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0

Data Desk|Canada

Groceries cooled to +2.8% — but the five-year climb is still ~29%

Statistics Canada’s August 2026 CPI (released 14 September): all-items +3.0% year-over-year; food from stores +2.8% — first time since July 2024 below headline. Food from stores is still about +29.0% since August 2021. Next release: 19 October 2026.

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