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BusinessCanada's trade surplus with the U. S. hit a 19-month high in August, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. Exporters shipped more to ​the U. S. to beat looming 50% tariffs from ​Trump administrationThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 06, 2026 9:36 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 6Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Transport trucks are seen in Aulac, N. B. (CBC)Canada's trade surplus widened substantially in August to $4.2 billion, data showed on Tuesday, as exporters rushed to increase shipments to the U. S. before President Donald Trump's new tariffs took effect. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the trade surplus would expand to $1.55 billion, from an upwardly revised $787 million. As exporters shipped more to ​the U. S. to beat the looming 50 per cent tariffs, Canada's exports stateside surged 8.1 per cent in August, while imports from the U. S. were down 2.5 per cent, Statistics Canada reported. This change helped Canada post a trade surplus with the ​U. S.

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South Korea’s senior finance officials are reportedly set to meet crypto exchanges on Tuesday as calls to postpone a planned cryptocurrency tax are heating up ahead of its scheduled implementation in January. According to Yonhap, the government is planning to hold a consultation on crypto taxation, with representatives coming from Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, DigitalX and Gopax, along with executives of the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance, known as DAXA. Government officials attending include Kwon Dae-young, first vice minister of finance and economy, and Yoo Young-jun, director general for digital financial policy at the Financial Services Commission. South Korean regulators have delayed the crypto tax three times, with the latest delay pushing the start date to 2027 amid political disagreement and industry pushback over exchange readiness and the threshold level. An exchange official told Yonhap on Sunday that unresolved transaction rules and limited time to prepare infrastructure supported postponing the tax.

Validators have a bug-fix patch on course to go live Friday. The lending system it partly repairs is still 10 votes short of approval.