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U.S. livestock: Fund selloff, NAFTA concerns extend hog losses

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters January 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower for a second straight day on Thursday, pressured by fund liquidation and jitters about NAFTA talks, said traders. On Wednesday, Mexico said it would withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if the U.S. exits trade talks with Canada. Mexico is the

Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister, recently spoke to U.S. farm groups in support of NAFTA.

News

MacAulay takes case for NAFTA to U.S. farmers

He’s the first Canadian minister to speak to the nearly  100-year-old organization

By Allan Dawson January 11, 2018

Lawrence MacAulay’s speech in support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was well received by an estimated 5,000 people attending the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee Jan. 7. The bureau, the United States’ largest farm organization, also supports NAFTA. “My message to you this morning is the Government of

A giant Mexican flag at Cozumel’s Puerta Maya. (CIA.gov)

Markets

Mexico will leave NAFTA talks if Trump triggers process to withdraw

By Anthony Esposito, David Alire Garcia, GFM Network News January 11, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will leave the NAFTA negotiating table if U.S. President Donald Trump decides to trigger a six-month process to withdraw from the trade pact, three Mexican sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported earlier in the day that Canada was increasingly convinced that Trump would

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: NAFTA worries drag CME hogs from one-year high

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters January 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a one-year top earlier in the session, rattled by fund selling and Canadian government concerns over NAFTA talks with the U.S., said traders. Canada is increasingly convinced that President Donald Trump will soon announce the U.S. intends to pull out of the

Opinion

Opinion: Not sufficient for gains to outweigh losses in trade

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer January 10, 2018

One of the surprise issues of the 2016 U.S. election was trade policy. For decades Republicans and some Democrats have supported a succession of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements including the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement which includes the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. Opposition to these agreements traditionally was concentrated among Democrats

U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates after signing a pair of documents meant to promote rural internet access, after his remarks to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Nashville on Jan. 8. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Markets

Better trade deals coming for U.S. farmers, Trump says

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News January 8, 2018

In a 40-minute speech to the United States’ biggest farm organization, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about free trade for 49 seconds. In 120 words Trump told the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting Monday in Nashville he was working to get U.S. farmers better trade deals. “To level the playing field for our great

Mike Gifford, Canada’s former chief agricultural trade negotiator, says the elements for a deal on agriculture through NAFTA are there without scrapping supply management.

News

NAFTA ag deal while keeping supply management possible

Mike Gifford says the negotiations are unique because agriculture doesn’t top the agenda

By Allan Dawson December 22, 2017

An agreement on agricultural trade under a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is possible without gutting dairy supply management, says Mike Gifford, Canada’s former chief agricultural trade negotiator. The United States is Canadian agriculture’s biggest customer generating more than $50 billion in annual revenues. Terminating NAFTA, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to

NAFTA Washington talks said to leave major differences untouched

By David Lawder, GFM Network News, Lesley Wroughton December 15, 2017

Washington | Reuters — Talks this week to update the North American Free Trade Agreement made some progress on less-controversial chapters and technical language, but did little to resolve deep differences on autos, dispute settlement and a five-year sunset clause, some participants said on Friday. The “intersessional” round in Washington, which did not include trade

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in August 2016. (PM.gc.ca)

Livestock

Trudeau says will keep exploring trade deal with China

By GFM Network News December 4, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — Canada will continue to explore a free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, as it weighs its options after the U.S. threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Speaking after a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Trudeau said if “done

News

Working on Plan B

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says American farmers could weather U.S. NAFTA withdrawal

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2017

There are more signs the United States could pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said he is “talking with the administration and Congress about some mitigation efforts” if U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws the United States from NAFTA,” Ag Insider, an online, subscription-based publication, said

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Tag Archives NAFTA

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff, NAFTA concerns extend hog losses

MacAulay takes case for NAFTA to U.S. farmers

Mexico will leave NAFTA talks if Trump triggers process to withdraw

U.S. livestock: NAFTA worries drag CME hogs from one-year high

Opinion: Not sufficient for gains to outweigh losses in trade

Better trade deals coming for U.S. farmers, Trump says

NAFTA ag deal while keeping supply management possible

NAFTA Washington talks said to leave major differences untouched

Trudeau says will keep exploring trade deal with China

Working on Plan B

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