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Canada cannot concede on dairy then backtrack on those commitments while advocating for rules-based agreements.
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Comment: Canadian dairy hypocrisy revealed

Why New Zealand is right to call out Canada on its dairy industry

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When it comes to dairy and free trade, Canada wants it both ways. New Zealand’s dairy dispute with Canada reveals the ongoing tensions within Canada’s trade agenda. On May 12, New Zealand requested consultations with Canada over its administration of dairy tariff-rate quotas, known as TRQs. TRQs are the reserved amounts of a good that
How do farmers and their associations work to enhance collaboration across the border?
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Comment: A most important relationship

Farmers on both sides of the border will benefit if they work together

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Relationships matter. This might sound like a cliché to some, but that does not make it any less true. Agriculture in Western Canada is dependent on trade. Maintaining our relationships with our partners in other countries is one of the most important things agriculture representatives do, and no relationship is more important than with our
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Singapore feels Malaysian chicken export ban

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Reuters – Singapore is bracing for a shortage of its de facto national dish, chicken rice, after major supplier Malaysia halted all chicken exports as of June 1. Malaysian chicken production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage. The export ban is the latest sign of growing food shortages as countries — reeling from
The end of the Indonesian palm oil ban is an important first step to return the situation to normal.
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Comment: Politics fuelled palm oil export ban

The impact of Indonesia’s move, designed to quell domestic unrest, reverberated across the globe

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Amid an ongoing global food price crisis, vegetable oils are registering record-breaking highs. According to data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the price for edible oils rose to almost 250 per cent of standard price levels. Over the past two years, labour restrictions, climate change and violent conflict have
Markets, News

U.S. and Japan strike deal on beef tariffs

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The United States and Japan have reached an agreement that will allow American farmers and ranchers to meet Japan’s growing demand for U.S. beef and lowers the chances of Japan imposing higher tariffs in future, U.S. officials said. The agreement includes a new mechanism that requires three separate conditions to be reached — instead of
Protestors’ vehicles block the Ambassador Bridge on Feb. 8, 2022. If supply chains are the backbone of our economy, the border is its spinal cord.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Invoking the Emergencies Act also about Canada’s reputation

When so much of our economy crosses the border disruptions are poison

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In recent days, many Canadians watched in disbelief when protesters easily blocked many access points between the United States and Canada. For six painful days, this included the Ambassador Bridge, a key trade conduit between the two countries, forcing trucks to be rerouted towards Sarnia. Other border crossings were disrupted in Manitoba and Alberta. Many
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Kremlin says shipping Belarus potash via Russian ports being discussed

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Moscow is discussing the possibility of shipping Belarusian potash via Russian ports, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters February 2. Sanctions-hit Belarus said it had diverted its potash shipments from Lithuania’s Klaipeda port to Russian ports after Vilnius decided to halt the use of its railway for Belarus exports of the crop nutrient. “This
Employees working at a cargo ship at Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazil in 2017.
Markets, News

Brazil unable to unload wheat imports as tax collectors protest

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Brazil has been unable to promptly unload wheat shipments at its key Santos port as agricultural tax collectors work to rule in a campaign for higher wages, local association Abitrigo said on Jan. 6. Abitrigo’s head Rubens Barbosa told Reuters that so far two vessels carrying imported wheat had their unloading operations delayed due to

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