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

U.S. drops ag demand from NAFTA talks, Mexico farm lobby says

By GFM Network News August 20, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — The United States has dropped a contentious demand from the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to impose restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports, Mexico’s top farm lobby said on Sunday. Talks to rework the 24-year-old pact are entering a crucial phase and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said […] Read more

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General, Markets, Reuters

NAFTA teams ready to ‘start solving’ stalled issues, Mexico says

By GFM Network News July 27, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday that the negotiating teams for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are ready to kick off talks again after they stalled last month. NAFTA talks between the U.S., Mexico and Canada had stalled since June when the U.S. imposed tariffs on Mexican […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Mexico, Canada insist on three-way NAFTA deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 25, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Canadian and Mexican officials insisted that the North American Free Trade Agreement remain a trilateral pact on Wednesday and reiterated their opposition to U.S. calls for a so-called “sunset clause” that could end the deal after five years. After a meeting in Mexico City, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and […] Read more

A corn crop in the RM of St. Andrews in Manitoba’s Interlake region on July 5, 2018. (Greg Berg photo)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada feeds Europe’s corn appetite as tariff war shrinks U.S. sales

By Michael Hirtzer, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 24, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian corn is flowing into Europe at the fastest pace in four years, helped by retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. by the European Union that has shut American corn out of the bloc, traders said. Corn shipments to western European countries rose 85 per cent year over year during the nine […] Read more

Italian sausages, cheeses and other traditional foods for sale in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo in December 2016. (Florin1961/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 16, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing. Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News July 13, 2018

Rome | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will arrive in parliament and this […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday progress was being made in slow-moving talks to update the NAFTA trade accord between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but he held out the prospect of striking bilateral pacts if a three-way deal could not be reached. “We’re trying to equalize it. It’s not […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Italy won’t ratify EU trade deal with Canada, farm minister says

By GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Milan | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, its new agriculture minister said on Thursday, ratcheting up an international trade spat and potentially scuppering the EU’s biggest accord in years. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is the first major trade deal the European Union has […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

By GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Reuters — Canada agreed with the U.S. on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue, although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official said in remarks casting further doubt on the chances of a deal this year. Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement started […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 11, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers want trade negotiators to keep their hands off the protected sector in increasingly contentious talks with the United States, however loudly U.S. President Donald Trump demands greater access, an executive with Canada’s biggest dairy lobby group said Monday. The sector, worth $21 billion in farm and processed dairy […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally after Trump urges China to buy more U.S. beans

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada appoint policy lead

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally after Trump urges China to buy more U.S. beans

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada appoint policy lead

Tag Archives Free trade

U.S. drops ag demand from NAFTA talks, Mexico farm lobby says

NAFTA teams ready to ‘start solving’ stalled issues, Mexico says

Mexico, Canada insist on three-way NAFTA deal

Canada feeds Europe’s corn appetite as tariff war shrinks U.S. sales

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

Italy won’t ratify EU trade deal with Canada, farm minister says

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

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