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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks April 18 at Snap-on Tools’ headquarters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Video screengrab from Whitehouse.gov)

Trump vows to back U.S. dairy farmers in Canada trade spat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 18, 2017

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to defend U.S. dairy farmers who have been hurt by Canada’s protectionist trade practices, during a visit to the cheese-making state of Wisconsin. Canada’s dairy sector is protected by high tariffs on imported products and controls on domestic production as a means of supporting prices that […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 28, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s AGT Food and Ingredients, one of the world’s biggest exporters of peas and lentils, expects India to extend an exemption for Canada within days from a crop fumigation policy that threatened to jeopardize $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, CEO Murad Al-Katib said Tuesday. India’s current exemption […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

By GFM Network News March 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global beef buyers will likely need to cobble together supplies from several nations if a scandal persists in Brazil’s meat sector because supply constraints and politics are already limiting trade flows, market analysts said Monday. China suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, as a […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Key European body backs EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News January 24, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — A planned EU-Canada free-trade deal moved closer to reality on Tuesday after a key committee advised the European Parliament to give its backing after months of protests and heated debate. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is seen as a test of Europe’s ability to forge future trade accords […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada says TPP trade deal dead without U.S.

By GFM Network News January 24, 2017

Calgary | Reuters — The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal cannot proceed without the United States, Canada said on Tuesday, even as Australia and New Zealand pledged to salvage it. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 12-nation TPP on Monday, following through on an election promise days after his inauguration. “This agreement was so […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU-Canada trade deal clears further hurdles in Europe

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — A planned EU-Canada free trade deal received backing from a committee of the European Parliament and Germany’s top court on Thursday, increasing its chances of entering force later this year. The European Union and Canada signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in October, but only after opposition from a […] Read more

Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Canada keen to boost ties, seal trade pact with India

By Euan Rocha, GFM Network News January 11, 2017

Gandhinagar, India | Reuters –– Canada is keen to boost its business ties with India and is moving forward with attempts to seal a trade pact, Canada’s minister of infrastructure and communities told Reuters. “There is an emphasis on signing a trade agreement with India,” Amarjeet Sohi said in an interview Tuesday. “The process was […] Read more

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops, Reuters

Marijuana firms look to get creative with brand building

By GFM Network News December 16, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian marijuana companies, facing potential limits on advertising for recreational pot, are selling health food products and cultivating a lifestyle image to win customers in an anticipated multibillion dollar market. Canada is set to become the first G7 country to legalize recreational marijuana nationally when it introduces legislation next spring. Medical […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — Activists delivered what they said was Germany’s biggest-ever public complaint to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, hoping it will scupper a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. The deal, which some see as a template for an EU-U.S. agreement still being negotiated, is the EU’s most ambitious trade pact […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 24, 2016

Reuters — U.S. soybeans and grains dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by abundant harvest prospects in key countries. Soybeans led the way lower, as the closely watched four-day Pro Farmer U.S. Midwest Crop Tour scouted impressive crops in central Illinois, following its observation a day earlier of above-average soybean pod counts in Nebraska and Indiana. […] Read more

U.S. grains: Grains off highs with fed in focus, soyoil down more than two per cent

Health Canada proposes new restrictions for dicamba on soybeans

ICE Canada Weekly: More declines on horizon for canola

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Grains off highs with fed in focus, soyoil down more than two per cent

Health Canada proposes new restrictions for dicamba on soybeans

ICE Canada Weekly: More declines on horizon for canola

Tag Archives Canada

Trump vows to back U.S. dairy farmers in Canada trade spat

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

Key European body backs EU-Canada trade deal

Canada says TPP trade deal dead without U.S.

EU-Canada trade deal clears further hurdles in Europe

Canada keen to boost ties, seal trade pact with India

Marijuana firms look to get creative with brand building

German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

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