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“What is needed now is for government and industry stakeholders to come together to analyze what is needed for Canadian farmers to take full advantage of these trade deals and develop an export strategy.” – CFA president Ron Bonnett.
Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

CFA calls for farmers, Parliament to scrutinize Trans-Pacific Partnership

The trade deal is a win for export agriculture in Western Canada, says Sylvain Charlebois

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Supply management marketing boards are grudgingly accepting the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. While they don’t like giving up even a small part of their market, officials said last week they understand there are benefits for the Canadian economy and welcome the government’s pledge of up to $4.3 billion in compensation. Turkey Farmers of Canada chairman Mark
Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?
Dairy cattle, News

Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?

The NFU fears the new TPP deal but a University of Manitoba economist says it doesn’t go far enough

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is the beginning of the end for supply management while claiming prospects for export agriculture are “illusory.” But Ryan Cardwell, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist, says the deal announced earlier this month doesn’t go far enough to end higher costs for dairy, eggs, chicken
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser, shown here last November, doesn’t expect a Trans-Pacific trade deal to kill Canada’s supply management systems. (Beehive.govt.nz)
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP not the death of supply management, N.Z. trade chief says

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Hamilton, N.Z. | MCO — Canada’s supply-managed sectors should not worry about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, from where New Zealand’s Trade Minister Tim Groser sits. “I can understand why producer groups would wish to perceive this in a different way, but this is not the end of supply management,” he said here Thursday. “I don’t think
(Dave Bedard photo)
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Clinton says she doesn’t support new TPP deal

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Reuters — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia. Clinton said during a campaign swing in Iowa that she is worried about currency manipulation not being part of the agreement and that “pharmaceutical
Woolwich Dairy began marketing goat cheese-based salad dressings in 2011. (WoolwichDairy.com)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo buys goat cheesemaker Woolwich Dairy

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Canada’s biggest cheesemaker is expanding its reach in the goat dairy market with a friendly all-cash takeover of Ontario goat cheese firm Woolwich Dairy. Montreal-based Saputo announced Monday it has paid $80 million for the family-owned cheesemaking company, including its three plants and distribution centre. Based at Orangeville, north of Guelph, Woolwich has operated since
(Photo courtesy Architect of the Capitol, VisitTheCapitol.gov)
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Historic TPP deal faces skeptics in U.S. Congress

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Atlanta | Reuters –– Twelve Pacific Rim countries on Monday reached the most ambitious trade pact in a generation, aiming to liberalize commerce in 40 per cent of the world’s economy in a deal that faces skepticism from U.S. lawmakers. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact struck in Atlanta after marathon talks could reshape industries, change
(Eggs.ca)
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

VanRaes: TPP deal seen shrinking supply-managed markets

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CORRECTION, Oct. 7: Canada’s supply managed sectors can expect to lose $4.3 billion to foreign interests in the 15 years following the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After years of negotiations, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam reached an agreement Monday morning, which includes granting access
(PortMetroVancouver.com)
Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Markets

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

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Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The

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