Global Markets: Trade ministers claim NAFTA progress

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada, Mexico and the United States all say they made progress in talks designed to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, as the second round of negotiations wrapped up

Global Markets: World keeps watch on Korean peninsula

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 5 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Markets are keeping an eye out for response by nations worldwide following an agreement in principal between the United States and South Korea to remove warhead size limits on South



Global Markets: NAFTA talks head to Round Two

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 31 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The second round of negotiations to work out changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement is scheduled to go ahead this weekend amid threats from United States President Donald


Global Markets: Hurricane Harvey Damage Estimates Come In

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Aug. 30 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The damage from Hurricane Harvey is pegged at US$35 billion and counting, according to several analysts. The storm hit the Houston area on Friday but has since lingered, dumping

Global Markets: North Korea provokes more outrage

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 29 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A North Korean missile fired over the Japanese island of Hokkaido drew immediate and stern reaction, and further heightened global tensions. The United Nations security council was expected to address


Hurricane Harvey Boosts US Gasoline Prices

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 28 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prices for US gasoline rose five percent on Monday after the worst storm in Texas’ recent history dumped massive amounts of rain on the Houston and Corpus Christi region. Gasoline

Global Markets: North Korea to build more powerful missile

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 24 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – North Korea has unveiled plans to build a newer, more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. – Russian strategic bomber and fighter jets flew what Russian officials called a “pre-arranged flight” over


Global Markets: Trump says NAFTA deal unlikely

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 23 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Despite North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to order more rocket engines, there were signs tensions were easing. The information about the order carried by a North Korean news

Global Markets: U.S. confirms open-ended stay in Afghanistan

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 22 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump reaffirmed U.S. military commitments to Afghanistan yesterday, by not setting a withdrawal date for American troops. A rapid exit, he said, would cause more harm