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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with steel workers at Stelco in Hamilton on March 13, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Mark Blinch)

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

By GFM Network News May 17, 2019

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact. The separate agreements, which will not impose U.S. quotas on Canadian and Mexican metals […] Read more

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

New Mexican duties against U.S. ready soon, minister says

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 14, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Mexico is finalizing duties to impose on new U.S. products in retaliation for the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs and details should be available soon, Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Tuesday. Mexico and Canada have both imposed retaliatory measures on billions of dollars of U.S. goods. Mexico said in […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

By GFM Network News May 7, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it will begin imposing a 17.5 per cent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes, but said it is optimistic that a deal can be reached to extend a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation. “The Department of Commerce remains committed to ensuring that […] Read more

(Canada Border Services Agency video screengrab)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

By GFM Network News April 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may curb vehicle assembly and limit consumer choice in cars, a hotly anticipated analysis from the U.S. International Trade Commission showed on Thursday. The ITC report is a crucial step in the push […] Read more

An eight-year-old handler walks her best-in-class York Barrow pig on June 4, 2014 at World Pork Expo in Des Moines. (File photo: Reuters/Lane Hickenbottom)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

World Pork Expo cancelled over swine fever fears

By GFM Network News April 10, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. pork industry canceled its annual convention on Wednesday over concerns that international attendees could bring in an incurable hog disease at a time when U.S. farmers are already suffering from trade wars. The decision to scrap the World Pork Expo, held by the National Pork Producers Council in Des […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: June hogs limit up on swine fever concerns

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News April 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, with some contracts closing up their daily trading limit, as expectations for a bump in export deals to China, traders said. The gains were ignited by the announcement on Monday by China’s agriculture ministry that African swine fever has been found […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

By GFM Network News March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures ended down sharply for a second straight day on Friday after a volatile session in which traders weighed thinner near-term hog supplies against risks to pork exports with Mexico. Early-session strength stemmed from a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture hog supply report, released after […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

By GFM Network News March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures tumbled more than four per cent on Friday in the market’s steepest drop in nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated U.S. stocks and projected spring plantings above nearly all trade estimates. Soybeans and wheat followed corn lower despite USDA’s lower-than-expected soy and spring […] Read more

File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

By GFM Network News March 5, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb on bargain buying

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News February 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed more than one per cent on Monday, rising on technically driven bargain buying after prices fell on Friday to a five-month low, traders and analysts said. Hogs halted a four-session streak of declines while live cattle futures edged higher to notch a 1-1/2-week high on the […] Read more

GFM Network News

Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit lowest prices since October on big supplies

Tag Archives Mexico

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

New Mexican duties against U.S. ready soon, minister says

U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

World Pork Expo cancelled over swine fever fears

U.S. livestock: June hogs limit up on swine fever concerns

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb on bargain buying

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