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

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 30, 2018

Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto, now goes

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal after last-minute brinkmanship

By GFM Network News, Roberta Rampton November 30, 2018

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States signed a North American trade pact on Friday after brinkmanship over the final details of the deal continued through the eve of the signing. They agreed on a deal in principle to govern the more than trillion dollars of mutual trade

A Shanghai container terminal. (Chuyu/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

By GFM Network News November 15, 2018

Singapore | Reuters — Canada and China will continue to work together toward an “eventual” free trade deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners enters a free trade deal

Dairy cattle

U.S. milk producers ask government for more aid, citing $1 bln tariff impact

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk October 25, 2018

Washington | Reuters – U.S. milk producers asked the government to increase aid payments to the industry to offset losses from foreign tariffs, saying dairy farmers have lost more than $1 billion in income since May. The administration of President Donald Trump in late May announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10

Comment, Opinion

Opinion: How the USMCA democratized supply management

We’re 20 years behind the rest of the world’s industrialized countries and need to have a national conversation

By Sylvain Charlebois October 16, 2018

Nobody should be surprised. Concessions on dairy access during the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations were foreseeable. Americans went from wanting to “tweak” the deal last year to getting significant concessions from Canada. It is a deal we needed of course, but one must wonder how our supply management system will fare moving forward. And specifically, how our

Hand over wheat field in early summer evening.

News

Canada’s grain industry welcomes USMCA

The United States is an important market for Canadian grains and oilseeds

By Allan Dawson October 12, 2018

Canada’s grain sector has nothing but praise for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The trilateral deal reached Sept. 30 not only continues to give Canadian grain access to markets in the United States and Mexico, but it will also modernize areas covered under the former North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), including chapters on biotechnology

The general manage of Manitoba Beef Producers has the initial impression that the new USMCA is essentially what NAFTA was.

Livestock, News

Livestock opinions diverge on USMCA

Supply-managed sectors are calling foul on NAFTA’s successor, but livestock industries like pork and beef are welcoming the deal with open arms

By Alexis Stockford October 12, 2018

Livestock sectors are split on yet another free trade agreement, this one the successor to NAFTA. Canada’s dairy sector has made no secret that it is unhappy with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which promises new access for the U.S. dairy industry, an end to Class 6 and Class 7 milk products within six months

Crops, Markets

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Even with more certainty around trade with the U.S., Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the dollar flying in value. “It’s hard for me to see the Canadian dollar gain value against the U.S. dollar in the short term, unless the Bank of Canada totally revises its stance towards interest rates,” said J.P.

News, Other

Most agri-food groups welcome end to NAFTA drama

Many are still wading through the fine print of the new USMCA to understand its full implications

By Alex Binkley October 11, 2018

Most Canadian farm groups are relieved a new North American trade deal will preserve existing agriculture commitments. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) still needs to be ratified by the three countries, but the negotiations have concluded and the text of the deal has been released. One exception was the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) which

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola futures rebound in wake of dollar’s exuberances

Weather again takes over as the major market influence

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 11, 2018

The week started off with a bang as trade news dominated the headlines and sent the loonie soaring. Canola took a hit on Monday, but spent the rest of the week ended Oct. 5 in the green. A tentative renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal was reached late Sept. 30. The new trilateral

Daily Network News

2025 set to be among hottest years on record: WMO

Nutrien tops profit estimates, launches review of phosphate business

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

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