Trade Update – August 18, 2026

Featured Headlines

US and Canada hold last-minute talks to stop Trump’s 50% tariffs The Associated Press, August 18, 2026 Canadian American Business Council (CABC) Launches New Economic Report on the Impacts of US-Canada Tariff Escalation and USMCA August 10, 2026

Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole CNBC, August 13, 2026

Relief for Nigeria, others as US Senate extends duty-free AGOA trade pact till 2028 allAfrica, August 17, 2026

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Trade Policy

The White House

• White House says transshipped goods cost up to $26 billion in lost tariffs
  American Journal of Transportation, August 14, 2026
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Drones and Their Parts and Components
  August 13, 2026
• Rebuilding the United States Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base
  August 13, 2026

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• US pushes stronger Nigeria partnership on livestock, agricultural trade
  Nigerian Tribune, August 14, 2026

U.S. Trade and Development Agency

• USTDA Supports Critical Energy Infrastructure in Tonga
  August 13, 2026

Trade Agreements/ Cooperation

• EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics
  Reuters, August 18, 2026
• China, the EU, and Singapore are pushing back against the White House’s new ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ report
  Fortune, August 17, 2026
• Singapore, China ink deal on peaceful nuclear technology cooperation
  Global Enterprise, August 17, 2026

More International Articles

• Panama Canal marks 112 years of operations with a forward-looking vision
  American Journal of Transportation, August 17, 2026
• Avocado pickers in Mexico welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain
  The Associated Press, August 15, 2026
• ‘Our resources, our prices’: Indonesia’s Prabowo announces new commodity bourse
  American journal of Transportation, August 14, 2026