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A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

Mexico says will seek deal with Canada if NAFTA talks fail

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 21, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s incoming government will pursue a bilateral deal with Canada if talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement falter, Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. After more than a year of talks to modernize the NAFTA trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up as export data sparks short-covering

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 20, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed nearly two per cent on Thursday, hitting a one-week high as higher-than-expected weekly export sales and prospects for U.S. harvest delays sparked a round of short-covering, analysts said. Soybeans also rose about two per cent, while wheat futures posted modest gains after a choppy session. Chicago Board

(Deyana Robova photo/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Canadian hog prices on rebound

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 15, 2018

CNS Canada — Improving trade relations and the emergence of swine fever in China have made their presence felt on the Canadian hog market. Weekly signature No. 5 base slaughter weight cash hog prices averaged $117.83 per 100 kg as of Friday, up by roughly $15 over the past two weeks. Those numbers are a

Carrot hanging on the end of angled stick

Comment, Opinion, Other

The carrot, the stick, and U.S. farmers

Trade turmoil has the White House picking winners and losers in the U.S. farm sector

By Alan Guebert September 14, 2018

The Trump administration’s good cop/bad cop approach to U.S. trade policy was on full display Aug. 27 when President Donald J. Trump, the bad cop that day, announced a very incomplete NAFTA trade deal — fuelled by his heavy use of tariffs — that pointedly excluded Canada. That day’s good cop was U.S. Secretary of

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks March 30 at a Ford plant in Windsor, Ont. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Trudeau says good NAFTA deal wanted soon, hazy on deadline

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 13, 2018

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he wanted a good NAFTA deal as soon as possible, but did not answer directly when asked if he agreed with Washington that the end of September was the final deadline for talks. Canada and the U.S. are struggling to settle differences over access

A Holstein heifer on pasture in Quebec. (Lurin/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Sources say Canada ready to offer dairy access in NAFTA talks

By David Lawder, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News September 11, 2018

Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — Canada is ready to offer the U.S. limited access to the Canadian dairy market as a concession in negotiations to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, two Canadian sources with direct knowledge of Ottawa’s negotiating strategy said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House that trade

A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S.-Canada trade talks grind on, ‘final’ issues unresolved

By David Lawder, GFM Network News September 6, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. and Canadian negotiators pushed ahead in grinding talks to rescue the North American Free Trade Agreement on Thursday, but a few stubborn issues stood in the way of a deal, including dairy, protection for media companies, and how to solve future trade disputes. A U.S. source familiar with the discussions

Dairy cattle

Progress seen in NAFTA talks

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Jason Lange September 5, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada have made progress in talks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement, and officials from the two sides will work together into the night to flesh out areas for further discussion, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. Freeland sounded upbeat as she emerged from

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a news conference at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 31. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Dairy cattle, Markets

U.S. to move ahead with Mexico pact, keep talking to Canada

By Allison Martell, GFM Network News, Julie Gordon, Sharay Angulo August 31, 2018

Washington/Toronto | Reuters — Contentious U.S.-Canada trade talks ended on Friday with no deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement after the mood soured, and President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade pact with Mexico. U.S. and Canadian trade officials set plans to resume their talks on

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

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Fear, frustration on dairy farms as trade concessions sought

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 30, 2018

Winnipeg/Montreal | Reuters — Marie-Pier Vincent, a fourth-generation Quebec dairy farmer, worries it will be even harder to make ends meet if Canada allows more tariff-free imports of milk products from the U.S. under a reworked North American Free Trade Agreement. Vincent, 28, is already looking for a second job to pay back the money

Daily Network News

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U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Tag Archives Mexico

Mexico says will seek deal with Canada if NAFTA talks fail

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up as export data sparks short-covering

Canadian hog prices on rebound

The carrot, the stick, and U.S. farmers

Trudeau says good NAFTA deal wanted soon, hazy on deadline

Sources say Canada ready to offer dairy access in NAFTA talks

U.S.-Canada trade talks grind on, ‘final’ issues unresolved

Progress seen in NAFTA talks

U.S. to move ahead with Mexico pact, keep talking to Canada

Fear, frustration on dairy farms as trade concessions sought

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