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The U.S.-Canada trade war has moved to the supermarket with a host of retaliatory tariffs from Canada on food products.

Canada fights back with its own tariffs

The Trump administration charges Canucks have taken advantage, especially on agriculture

By Allan Dawson July 5, 2018

For good or ill on July 1 Canada hit back in the U.S. trade war. The U.S. is now facing $16.6 billion worth of tariffs on many American imports ranging from kitchen appliances and lawn mowers, to ketchup, pickles, Jack Daniel’s whiskey, and toilet paper. It’s in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (L) and Agriculture Minister for Canada Lawrence MacAulay (R) speak during an event at the Port of Savannah, in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., June 20, 2017.

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: When Trump starts tweeting, Sonny starts packing

The U.S. ag secretary has lately been America’s apologist-in-chief

By Alan Guebert July 3, 2018

Prince Edward Island, caressed in the arms of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is a lovely place to visit in June. Its sparkling red sand beaches, miles of white-blossomed potato fields, and rolling carpets of lush pasture form a colour-soaked postcard for tourists and locals alike. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue caught a glimpse

Markets

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 19, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday progress was being made in slow-moving talks to update the NAFTA trade accord between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but he held out the prospect of striking bilateral pacts if a three-way deal could not be reached. “We’re trying to equalize it. It’s not

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 18. (Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis)

Crops

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s tariff battle with key buyers of U.S. apples, soybeans and corn threatens the support of some of his biggest backers — U.S. farmers now seeing their livelihoods in jeopardy. Farmers overwhelmingly supported Trump in the 2016 election, welcoming how he championed rural economies and vowed to repeal estate

(Canada Border Services Agency video screengrab)

Markets

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Reuters — Canada agreed with the U.S. on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue, although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official said in remarks casting further doubt on the chances of a deal this year. Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement started

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing the threat of a trade war from U.S. President Donald Trump, has unanimous domestic support for now but to keep a firm hold on power must wring concessions from an unwilling powerful dairy lobby in order to mollify Washington. Trudeau, who over the last year

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel June 11, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers want trade negotiators to keep their hands off the protected sector in increasingly contentious talks with the United States, however loudly U.S. President Donald Trump demands greater access, an executive with Canada’s biggest dairy lobby group said Monday. The sector, worth $21 billion in farm and processed dairy

(Marina Karkalicheva/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 7, 2018

Des Moines | Reuters — More than 14 per cent of US$140 billion in annual U.S. farm exports have been or are likely to be hit by retaliatory tariffs in trade disputes with countries such as China and Mexico, a top U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday. Mexico imposed tariffs on U,S, products ranging from

Livestock, Markets

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 6, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically sensitive agricultural products from pork to bourbon. Mexico’s peso tumbled to its weakest level since February 2017, leading losses among major currencies due to the

Crops, Markets

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

By Allison Martell, GFM Network News June 1, 2018

Reuters — Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of U.S. exports and challenge U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization (WTO), Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. The Canadian tariffs are set to go into effect on July 1 and

Daily Network News

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Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

Tag Archives NAFTA

Canada fights back with its own tariffs

Comment: When Trump starts tweeting, Sonny starts packing

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

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