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NFU paper lays out solutions for climate, farming challenges

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — The global climate crisis is interlinked with the financial crisis on Canadian farms, according to a new discussion paper from the National Farmers Union (NFU). The paper proposes changes to agriculture practices that could help the sector become part of the solution to both major issues. Compiled by Darrin Qualman in collaboration with […] Read more

File photo of Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in Montreal on Oct. 22, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Andrej Ivanov)

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Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

By GFM Network News December 11, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty. Such a move would embarrass Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vowed that Parliament will quickly approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA). […] Read more

Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attend a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Mexico City on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Henry Romero)

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Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

By GFM Network News December 10, 2019

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision. The signing ceremony in Mexico City launched what may be […] Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland waits to enter a ballroom at an event in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

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Freeland, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet to pin down trade deal

By GFM Network News December 9, 2019

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The Trump administration, Mexico and U.S. Democrats on Monday closed in on a deal for labour-related changes to a languishing North American trade pact that may soon allow it to proceed to a vote, as the window for passage this year quickly narrows. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and White […] Read more

A U.S. nameplate at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

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U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

By GFM Network News December 9, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The fate of the World Trade Organization’s top court was effectively sealed on Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said, although the WTO chief vowed to find a solution. The Trump administration has been blocking appointments to the […] Read more

File photo of street food on display in Hue, Vietnam. (RomanBabakin/iStock/Getty Images)

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Vietnam considers CPTPP-level tariff cuts on U.S. ag products

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 9, 2019

Hanoi | Reuters — Vietnam is considering cutting tariffs on several U.S. products, the ministry of finance said in a statement on Monday, after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urged Vietnam to reduce its trade surplus during a visit to Hanoi last month. Tariffs on chicken and processed chicken meat, almonds, grapes, wheat, pork and […] Read more

“On this and other trade agreements, those in the supply management sectors will be fully and fairly compensated, with many farmers in the dairy sector receiving their first cheques this month.” – Gov. General Julie Payette, reading from the Throne Speech.
Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable

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Throne speech kicks off Parliament with nod to agriculture

By GFM Network News December 5, 2019

The federal throne speech opening the first session of Canada’s 43rd Parliament further committed the Liberal minority government to combating climate change, supporting natural resource sectors and removing international trade barriers. Including a pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the speech, delivered Thursday in Ottawa, showed the government again demonstrating its commitment to a […] Read more

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Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see its total food bill for groceries and restaurant meals rise by […] Read more

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WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 3, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) battled on Tuesday over whether to bring its Appellate Body to an abrupt halt or allow its adjudicators to settle a handful of pending cases, according to trade officials present at a meeting on the subject. The Trump administration has for more than two years been […] Read more

Champagne vineyards at Montagne de Reims, France. (Southtownboy/iStock/Getty Images)

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U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax

By GFM Network News December 3, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100 per cent on US$2.4 billion in imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France’s new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said its […] Read more

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NFU paper lays out solutions for climate, farming challenges

Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

Freeland, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet to pin down trade deal

U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

Vietnam considers CPTPP-level tariff cuts on U.S. ag products

Throne speech kicks off Parliament with nod to agriculture

Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax

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