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Do food aid and economic self-interest mix?

June 13, 2013

The recent decision to merge the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) into the new Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Development isn’t the first time Canada’s aid program has been profoundly changed. Five years ago, another major change occurred when Ottawa fully untied Canadian food aid. Then, as now, it was a matter of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Ottawa again turns to the WTO in battle over U.S. labelling law

By Alex Binkley May 29, 2013

Canada will go back to the World Trade Organization — rather than impose sanctions — to try and get Washington to change or scrap its country-of-origin labelling law rules that discriminate against Canadian beef and pork. “There is a WTO process we intend to follow that takes time,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “We will

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Canada ponders COOL retaliation

By Alex Binkley April 18, 2013

With the deadline for changing its discriminatory country-of-origin labelling law barely a month away, Ottawa is drawing up a list of possible retaliatory measures against the U.S. — and it’s getting pretty long, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz “It would take a lot of initiatives to reach the $1 billion a year in damages being

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Ritz fights COOL in Washington

By Alex Binkley April 11, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and representatives of the pork and beef sector were in Washington April 8 trying once more to convince the Obama administration to comply with a trade ruling against a protectionist U.S. labelling rule. The World Trade Organization gave the U.S. until May 23 to end its discrimination against Canadian and Mexican

Crops, News

U.S. encourages South Korea to join Trans-Pacific trade talks

By Doug Palmer April 9, 2013

Reuters / The United States would welcome South Korea joining negotiations on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior U.S. trade official said on April 3, as Washington continues to weigh Japan’s bid to enter the same set of talks. “We do think it’s natural and logical for Korea to join this negotiation. We think

Dairy cattle, News

German farmers balk at free trade with U.S.

By Hans-edzard Busemann April 9, 2013

A planned free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should not completely liberalize agricultural trade, the president of the association of German farmers’ association DBV said March 26. Trade talks must involve upper limits to exports to prevent market disruption, Joachim Rukwied told Reuters. Brussels and Washington hope to start negotiations in

Livestock Markets, Opinion

COOL: Some are for it, some are not

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer April 9, 2013

More than a decade after mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) was first included in the Farm Bill, the debate continues. We’ve examined a legal opinion by the legal firm Stewart and Stewart (S&S) — paid for by the National Farmers Union, the United States Cattleman’s Association, the Food and Water Watch, and Public Citizen’s Global Trade

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Country-of-origin labelling: The fight goes on

By Cam Dahl April 9, 2013

It’s the kind of non-tariff trade barrier Canadian exporters can expect to see more of in the future

Not long ago, tariffs were the key barriers to Canadian beef exports. Tariff barriers are still significant problems (Korea for example), but as tariff barriers fall, countries are getting more creative in building border barriers. In some ways, it makes me nostalgic for the good old days when our market access efforts primarily consisted of

Crops, Oilseeds

Deputy minister eyes challenges ahead for canola industry

By Lorraine Stevenson March 28, 2013

With its competition in global markets gaining ground quickly, Canadian agriculture must work fast to stay ahead in the game

Canada needs “a more business-friendly” regulatory environment that spurs innovative research and rewards commercialization, a federal representative told canola industry delegates earlier this month. “That doesn’t mean getting rid of regulations because as soon as you do that markets all over the world are going to close,” said Greg Meredith, assistant deputy minister for strategic

Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Canada considers next move in COOL controversy

By Alex Binkley March 28, 2013

Canada is still considering what U.S. exports it might target for retaliatory tariffs if Washington fails to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling against its country-of-origin labelling law, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “We’re looking at all our options, but we don’t want to penalize our allies in the U.S. livestock and meat-processing sectors

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Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases

U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

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