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Britain, Canada agree on post-Brexit rollover trade deal

Tailor-made comprehensive pact expected to follow

By GFM Network News November 22, 2020

London/Toronto | Reuters — Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal on Saturday to protect the flow of almost $35 billion-worth of goods and services between them after Brexit, and vowed to start talks on a bespoke agreement next year. As Britain prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec.

Markets, News

EU maize harvest shows mixed yields work

By Reuters November 4, 2020

Maize harvesting is in full swing in Europe and the effects of summer drought are being seen in contrasting yields, which could push down production this year despite a sharp increase in plantings, analysts said. Forecasters have made steep cuts to their estimates of the European Union-wide maize harvest due to drought, and consultancy Strategie

A post-Brexit deal in Britain with the European Union is being prioritized before any deal is likely to be reached with Canada.

News

Grim prospects of U.K.-Canada trade deal by end of year

The U.K. is preoccupied with ensuring there’s not a hard Brexit from the EU

By D.C. Fraser November 4, 2020

As prospects of a trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union collapse, there is growing doubt in a post-Brexit pact involving Canada being completed by the end of the year. The U.K. left the EU on Jan. 31 and is nearing the end of an 11-month implementation period where essentially agreements remain status quo while the U.K. negotiates a more permanent

Britain to protect pork pies, whisky with new scheme after EU exit

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 23, 2020

London | Reuters — New rules to guarantee the authenticity and origin of traditional British foods, such as Stilton cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies, after the end of the UK’s Brexit transition period, were set out by the government on Thursday. Britain left the European Union at the end of January and an 11-month

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Time for an Agpec trade agreement?

By Gord Gilmour October 22, 2020

It would seem times are about to get tough for ‘trading nations’ as Canada has styled itself for the past few decades. That designation makes sense, and in many ways is inevitable. After all, we’re talking about a land mass of nearly 10-million square kilometres, the second-largest country in the world. And on that enormous

News

EU trade deal: High hopes replaced by frustration

Instead of billions in extra trade, agreement  bogged down in fruitless talks on ‘technical’ trade barriers

By Alexis Kienlen October 22, 2020

Glacier FarmMedia – CETA is short for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, but for many it’s become a term for frustration and disappointment. “When CETA was signed and ratified three years ago, there were lots of promises,” said Doug Sawyer, a cow-calf producer from Pine Lake, Alta. and co-chair of the foreign trade committee

Markets

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Ex-premiers write to Ottawa with critique of EU's continued trade barriers

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News September 26, 2020

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter Monday to Prime Minister Justin

Crops, Markets

Britain’s wheat imports climb, Canada top supplier

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 11, 2020

London | Reuters — British wheat imports were sharply above year earlier levels in July, with Canada and France the main suppliers, customs data showed on Friday. Wheat imports for the month totalled 149,337 tonnes, up from 91,965 tonnes in July 2019, the figures show. July is the first month of the marketing year. Imports

Markets, News

Less French wheat outbound of EU

By Forrest Crellin September 10, 2020

Reuters – French soft wheat shipments outside the European Union fell to a four-year low for the month of August, despite a large volume sent to China, as activity eased after a poor harvest, Refinitiv data showed. Soft wheat exports to destinations outside the EU totalled 644,000 tonnes in August, the second month of the

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: How long can canola rally last?

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 27, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canola on ICE Futures has continued to push higher over the last week largely due to the growing strength in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade. “We got soyoil at a seven-month high and that’s certainly a supportive factor in continuing to underpin our market,” said Keith Ferley, a trader with RBC

AgriStability proposal could have hidden cost, Pedersen warns

U.S. livestock: Live cattle strengthen on demand outlook

U.S. border restrictions to last a long time yet, Trudeau says

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