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Officials aim to forge ahead with TPP as Canada wavers

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 22, 2018

Tokyo | Reuters — As trade officials gather in Tokyo this week to try and forge ahead with a trade pact that U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned last year, the new 11-member club risks getting bogged down by resistance from Canada. The member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), also […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks Aug. 23, 2017 at a Montreal charity event. (PM.gc.ca)

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Trudeau to boost support for NAFTA in U.S. as talks intensify

By GFM Network News January 19, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit three major U.S. cities next month to bolster support for NAFTA as negotiators revising the trade pact tackle major differences, officials said on Friday. The timing of Trudeau’s Feb. 7-10 trip is significant, since it comes after a sixth and penultimate round of talks […] Read more

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Montreal round of NAFTA talks extended to Jan. 29

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 18, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — The upcoming round of talks in Montreal to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will be extended by one day and will now conclude Jan. 29, Canadian and Mexican sources told Reuters on Thursday. Trade negotiators from the U.S., Canada and Mexico were originally scheduled to meet from […] Read more

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Ottawa tightens rules on housing foreign farm workers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 12, 2018

Housing meant for temporary foreign workers employed on a Canadian farm will now have to pass regular inspection before the farm can hire its workers. One of the requirements for farms hiring temporary foreign workers (TFWs) is that the farm provide workers with “adequate, suitable and affordable housing as defined by the Canadian Mortgage and […] Read more

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Inventors’ Showcase at Ag Days highlights innovation

January 12, 2018

Agriculture is a business where innovation is important. The farmers who selected and adopt the right technology at the right time tend to win out over time. Agriculture inventors know this and they’ll be front and centre at this year’s Ag Days through the annual Inventors’ Showcase. The event is also a crowd favourite too, […] Read more

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Canada welcomes Trump suggestion of NAFTA deadline extension

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2018

London, Ont. | Reuters — Canada welcomes the suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump that the deadline for concluding talks to modernize NAFTA could be extended beyond the end of March, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters on Friday. Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that “a lot of things are hard to […] Read more

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Food riots grip western Venezuela

By GFM Network News January 12, 2018

San Cristobal/Barinas, Venezuela | Reuters — Hungry mobs ransacked a food collection centre and a supermarket in Venezuela’s western Andean state of Merida on Thursday and reportedly even slaughtered cattle grazing in a field as unrest over food shortages spread through the country. An opposition lawmaker from Merida, Carlos Paparoni, said four people had died […] Read more

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Canada talks tough on trade as NAFTA talks’ endgame nears

By GFM Network News January 11, 2018

London, Ont. | Reuters — Canada is talking tough with the U.S., stressing its determination to push back against what it says are unfair trade practices ahead of crucial talks to revamp the tri-nation North American Free Trade Agreement. U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials meet this month for the sixth and penultimate round of talks […] Read more

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

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Canadian companies struggle to plan for post-NAFTA world

By GFM Network News January 11, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian industries that would be most acutely impacted by the death of the North American Free Trade Agreement are unable to meaningfully plan for a possible post-NAFTA world given the uncertainty of what could replace it, analysts and executives said. With three quarters of Canadian exports landing in the U.S., the […] Read more

A giant Mexican flag at Cozumel’s Puerta Maya. (CIA.gov)

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Mexico will leave NAFTA talks if Trump triggers process to withdraw

By GFM Network News January 11, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will leave the NAFTA negotiating table if U.S. President Donald Trump decides to trigger a six-month process to withdraw from the trade pact, three Mexican sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported earlier in the day that Canada was increasingly convinced that Trump would […] Read more

Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

General

Officials aim to forge ahead with TPP as Canada wavers

Trudeau to boost support for NAFTA in U.S. as talks intensify

Montreal round of NAFTA talks extended to Jan. 29

Ottawa tightens rules on housing foreign farm workers

Inventors’ Showcase at Ag Days highlights innovation

Canada welcomes Trump suggestion of NAFTA deadline extension

Food riots grip western Venezuela

Canada talks tough on trade as NAFTA talks’ endgame nears

Canadian companies struggle to plan for post-NAFTA world

Mexico will leave NAFTA talks if Trump triggers process to withdraw

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