NA77 Weekly Affairs — Sunday Brief
Sunday, 26th of April — North American News & Data Brief
This week, North America moved — on trade, sovereignty, energy, diplomacy, and technology. Five stories. The data that actually matters. And one number that tells you more about the continent’s future than any tariff debate will: 86.3%.
Penn Wharton Budget Model — Effective Tariff Rates, April 15, 2026
Tetakawi — The USMCA 2026 Review: What Manufacturers Actually Need to Prepare For
That is the USMCA compliance rate as of February 2026. Up from roughly 45% a year ago. The corridor is not waiting for the politicians. It never does.
This week’s Brief also covers the $3.3 billion clean energy groundbreaking in Topolobampo, the CIA incident in Chihuahua, Canada’s uranium move, the Colorado River, and the diplomatic exchange between Ambassador Johnson and President Sheinbaum that no one is talking about clearly enough.
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