January 20, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Sliced Canadian beef are displayed on the dishes for tasting at the Nissin World Delicatessen supermarket in Tokyo as Japan's tariff of imported beef will be reduced from 38.5 percent to 9 percent in 16 years on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Canadian International Trade Minister James Carr is now here to attend the first ministerial meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

UPDATED: CCA calls for end to temporary U.K. trade deal

Canadian Cattle Association says United Kingdom puts up non-tariff trade barriers that violates agreement’s terms

The Canadian Cattle Association is asking the federal government to rescind a bridge trade agreement between Canada and the U.K. based on the latter’s refusal to accept Canadian beef and pork.






Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers’ cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.