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Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here Nov. 1 at a press conference in the occupied West Bank, says Canada’s objective remains getting to a Friday signing for the USMCA. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)

Dairy issue nags as U.S., Canada prepare to sign trade pact

By Chris Prentice, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News November 27, 2018

New York/Ottawa | Reuters — Dairy remains a sticking point between the United States and Canada as the countries prepare to sign a new North American trade pact this week, according to four sources familiar with the matter. U.S. objections to Canada’s protected internal market for dairy products was a major challenge facing negotiators during

A Shanghai container terminal. (Chuyu/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

By GFM Network News November 15, 2018

Singapore | Reuters — Canada and China will continue to work together toward an “eventual” free trade deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners enters a free trade deal

Cattle on pasture in the Philippines. (LeoLee/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Canadian cattle’s access to Philippines restored

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 18, 2018

The regulatory path has been cleared to resume exports of live Canadian cattle to the Philippines, reopening a market worth an estimated $8 million per year. The federal government on Monday announced the resumed export clearance, along with new market access for Canadian sheep and goat genetics exports to both Indonesia and the Philippines. The

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell addresses a MAGA rally in Richmond, Ky. on Oct. 13, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Markets

U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

By GFM Network News October 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate’s top Republican said on Tuesday that senators will not vote to approve a revised North American trade pact in 2018, leaving the issue to the next Congress. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told Bloomberg Television that the Senate will not have time to take up the new United

Crops, Markets

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Even with more certainty around trade with the U.S., Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the dollar flying in value. “It’s hard for me to see the Canadian dollar gain value against the U.S. dollar in the short term, unless the Bank of Canada totally revises its stance towards interest rates,” said J.P.

Dairy cattle in Canada. (Pearman314/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy farmers unhappy after meeting Trudeau on USMCA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 4, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to discuss his politically-risky move to open up the protected domestic market to U.S. industry but complained he had not given them details about compensation. As part of the talks to complete the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal, Canada

ICE November 2018 canola (candlesticks) and October 2018 soybean oil (green line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Wet and snowy weather now plaguing the Prairies isn’t to blame for the canola market’s recent upswing, according to one trader. “Canola’s been firm but it really hasn’t shown any reaction whatsoever to the weather; it’s going up because bean oil’s going up and it’s lagging the bean oil gains by quite

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

Markets

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

By David Lawder, GFM Network News October 3, 2018

Washington | Reuters — China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries, trade experts said on Tuesday. The provision specifies that if one of the current North

Markets

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff October 2, 2018

Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday and dubbed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the U.S. government, is expected to

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed for a second day on Tuesday on expectations for improved demand following a recent price slump and as a rainy weather outlook for the Midwest threatened to stall harvesting. Futures jumped sharply on Monday on news of a newly negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a replacement

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives Free trade

Dairy issue nags as U.S., Canada prepare to sign trade pact

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

Canadian cattle’s access to Philippines restored

U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

Dairy farmers unhappy after meeting Trudeau on USMCA

ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

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