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New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 30, 2016

Wellington/Winnipeg | Reuters — New Zealand is closely watching changes in how Canada prices dairy products, New Zealand’s trade ministry said on Friday, as industry groups in several countries complain of unfair Canadian competition. Canada’s dairy farmers and processors, which include Saputo and Parmalat Canada, struck a pricing agreement in July that industry groups in […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

By GFM Network News September 23, 2016

Bratislava | Reuters –– European Union ministers took steps Friday to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while France and Austria demanded that talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should stop. Both deals have triggered demonstrations by unions and protest groups who say they will spark a “race to the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU, Canada seek to win over CETA doubters with declaration

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 21, 2016

Vienna/Brussels | Reuters — Canada’s trade minister and the European Union’s trade chief sought Wednesday to overcome the doubts of Austria and other EU members over a planned EU-Canada free trade deal, with a declaration spelling out the limits of the contentious pact. Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking in Vienna, said the legally binding […] Read more

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

By GFM Network News September 15, 2016

Montreal | Reuters –– Germany’s economy minister said Thursday he expected the country’s Social Democrats, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, to vote in favour of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union at a party meeting on Sept. 19. “We will get a majority vote,” German Vice-Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister […] Read more

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in March. Global Affairs Canada via YouTube)

Livestock, Reuters

Canada working toward EU trade agreement in October

By GFM Network News September 12, 2016

Toronto | Reuters –– Canada is working toward signing a new trade agreement with the European Union in October, federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday. “We’re working hard for it to be the year when CETA, the Canada-EU trade agreement, is signed. We’re working towards signing in October and ratification early next year,” she […] Read more

DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

Crops, Reuters

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 9, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators have halted their scrutiny of Dow Chemical and DuPont’s proposed merger while the companies provide more information regarding their US$130 billion deal. The European Commission opened a full investigation into the case in August, concerned that the deal to create the world’s largest integrated crop protection and […] 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

Livestock, Markets

Pettigrew tapped to help push through EU trade deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 24, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has named a former politician with experience in trade and foreign affairs as the government’s new envoy to help complete its long-negotiated free trade agreement with the European Union, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Pierre Pettigrew, who served as both minister of foreign affairs and minister for international trade under previous […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

By GFM Network News August 16, 2016

London | Reuters — Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings of an 18-year study. The new research covered 62 species of bee found in the wild in Britain […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Britain to plug EU funding gap for farms, colleges

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 15, 2016

London | Reuters — Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds (C$7.5 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and others who got EU funding were facing uncertainty after Britain voted […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Tag Archives European Union

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

EU, Canada seek to win over CETA doubters with declaration

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

Canada working toward EU trade agreement in October

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

Pettigrew tapped to help push through EU trade deal

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

Britain to plug EU funding gap for farms, colleges

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