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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

Crops, Reuters

U.S. challenges Chinese wheat, corn, rice price supports at WTO

By GFM Network News September 13, 2016

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Tuesday launched a challenge to China’s price supports for domestic production of rice, wheat and corn at the World Trade Organization, charging that these far exceed limits that China committed to when it joined the WTO in 2001. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said China’s “market price […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. COOL rules formally off beef, pork

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2016

The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has formally patched a long-sore spot in cross-border trade relations by pulling its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) regulations off beef and pork. The AMS, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), published its amendments Wednesday in the U.S. Federal Register. The changes, which took effect upon publication, mean […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil soy growers seek WTO complaint against U.S.

By GFM Network News January 8, 2016

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian soybean growers have asked their country to file a complaint against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization, alleging U.S. farm subsidies give an unfair advantage to the world’s top soybean producer. Brasilia-based farm group Aprosoja says those subsidies might be costing Brazilian farmers $1 billion a year in […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Canada, Mexico granted COOL retaliation power

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 21, 2015

Canada and Mexico may now impose retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods at will over Washington’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules — just in time for the process of erasing those rules to begin. U.S. President Barack Obama late Friday signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, an omnibus bill approving funding for various government agencies and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 20, 2015

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has halted a bid to impose retaliatory trade measures on the U.S. over meat labeling rules after U.S. lawmakers repealed them this week, a Mexican government official said. Mexico had announced earlier this month it would start internal procedures to strip benefits from some U.S. agricultural and industrial imports, […] Read more

The WTO’s director-general, Roberto Azevedo, and Kenya’s cabinet secretary for foreign affairs and international trade, Amina Mohamed, close the fifth day of the WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi. (Photo courtesy Admedia Communication, copyright WTO)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

By GFM Network News December 20, 2015

Nairobi | Reuters — The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform. Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn a line under years of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. Congress repeals COOL on beef, pork

By GFM Network News December 18, 2015

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have both approved a repeal of the government’s six-year old mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on beef and pork. Tucked into an omnibus appropriations bill put before Congress Friday, the repeal shuts the door on a major irritant in North American trade relations and is expected to curb […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 16, 2015

Canada remains “cautiously optimistic” that the U.S. government will repeal its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law before the Canadian and Mexican governments impose retaliatory tariffs. Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking Wednesday from Nairobi on a conference call with reporters, said she was “not going to go into hypotheticals” about Canada’s next move if an omnibus […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News December 16, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away. The World Trade Organization on Monday authorized Canada and Mexico, the biggest markets for exported U.S. goods, to […] Read more

GFM Network News

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U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives WTO

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

U.S. challenges Chinese wheat, corn, rice price supports at WTO

U.S. COOL rules formally off beef, pork

Brazil soy growers seek WTO complaint against U.S.

Canada, Mexico granted COOL retaliation power

Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

U.S. Congress repeals COOL on beef, pork

Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

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