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NAFTA talks drag on as U.S., Mexico spar over autos

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News May 9, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Top-level talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement made little headway on Wednesday as the U.S. and Mexico sought to settle differences over the key issue of automobiles, three well-placed sources said. With time fast running out to reach a deal, the two NAFTA members are discussing a U.S.

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Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News February 21, 2018

Wellington/Sydney | Reuters — The final version of a landmark deal aimed at cutting trade barriers in some of the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-growing economies was released on Wednesday, signalling the pact was a step closer to reality even without its star member the U.S. More than 20 provisions have been suspended or changed in the final

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Keeping agriculture research relevant

The Agriculture Institute of Canada wants to make sure research leaves the lab and enters the real world

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2017

The Agriculture Institute of Canada has released a policy on best practices in agriculture research to make sure that knowledge gained in the lab is shared with others in the field and consumers. AIC’s CEO Serge Buy calls the policy a living document that like research itself will be updated with new information to keep

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Crops, News

PBR enforcement numbers highest on record

Financial penalties can range from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands, depending on the level of illegal sales

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 15, 2016

This past year was the busiest on record for plant breeders’ rights education and enforcement. Todd Hyra, western Canadian business manager for SeCan, said there were over 400 advertisements for seed sales that required investigation industry-wide through the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA), the body established to protect intellectual property rights. “SeCan alone had 40

Livestock, Markets

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 11, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Crops, Markets

Canada ratifies UPOV ’91 seed treaty

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 22, 2015

Canadian crop commodity groups are hailing the federal government’s move to ratify Canada’s participation in the international UPOV ’91 treaty as a signal the country is “open for national and international investment.” Canada’s representatives to the World Trade Organization, on Friday in Geneva, deposited the government’s “instrument of ratification” for the 1991 Act of the

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NAFTA talks drag on as U.S., Mexico spar over autos

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

Keeping agriculture research relevant

PBR enforcement numbers highest on record

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

Canada ratifies UPOV ’91 seed treaty

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