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DOJ Orders Pause on Antitrust Work with Canada Amid Trade Tensions

September 5, 2026

Summary

The Justice Department's antitrust division was instructed to pause all cooperation with Canada, intensifying trade tensions between the two countries, though the DOJ later clarified an official misunderstood the directive.

Coverage by lane

Center

  • How much can Canada fight back in its trade war with the US?
  • DOJ Staff Were Told to Pause Antitrust Work With Canadian Government

Right

  • DOJ ordered to freeze antitrust work with Canada as trade tensions intensify

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