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A street scene in Shanghai. 
China’s vast population makes 
food security an issue for it and 
an opportunity for Canada.
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Canada and China have reasons to re-engage on agricultural trade

China needs reliable food sources and Canada needs reliable agriculture markets, new report argues

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It might not seem like it, but Canada and China need each other, which could be an opening to re-engage with Canada’s second-largest agricultural export customer, says a new report from the Canada West Foundation (CWF). In many ways it’s an obvious match. Canada consistently produces a lot more food than it consumes so it
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Can China be trusted on trade?

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China is an important export customer for Canadian agricultural products, but can it be trusted? After the arbitrary arrest in December 2018 of two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, many Canadians would answer no. China using non-tariff trade barriers to cut back on Canadian canola seed, soybean and pork imports in 2019-20, added to
File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump taking questions from reporters in March 2019. The U.S. election held on Nov. 3, 2020, has not given the 45th president a second term in office.
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Editor’s Take: Electoral train wrecks

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I was texting with a retired farmer acquaintance this week about the U.S. election while he was deer hunting in the sandhills of western Saskatchewan. Like a lot of Canadians, he wanted to follow the unfolding events, even though he wasn’t in a reliable cellphone service area. So I’d agreed to keep him filled in
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U.S. House agriculture leader loses election

Midwest farm sector unsettled by prospect it could lose its place at the table

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peter­son, House Agriculture Committee chair, failed to win re-election in Minnesota on Nov. 3, a loss some agriculture leaders said could hurt the U.S. Midwest’s Grain Belt. Though Democrats retained control of the House and therefore will again chair the committee, Peterson’s exit could shift U.S. spending away from a region
The Fearless Girl statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on election day in Manhattan, New York City.
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Investors focus on undecided U.S. Senate

As Biden edged in on presidency attention turned to stimulus, taxes, regulation

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Reuters – As Democratic nominee Joe Biden edged closer to claiming the presidency, investors were focused on the still-undecided race for control of the Senate and the potential consequences for taxes, regulation and the outlook for more stimulus on Nov. 6. The benchmark S&P 500 had jumped nearly four per cent since election day, driven in part by expectations that divided control
“Agriculture has to be in the centre of the relaunch of our economy... “ – Marie-Claude Bibeau.
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Agriculture seen as engine of recovery for Canada

Bibeau touts more exports, regional supply chains and processing

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Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadian agriculture will be the “powerhouse of the economy” as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to specific opportunities for the industry to grow. During a virtual “fireside chat” at the International Economic Forum of the America’s Toronto event on Oct. 27, Bibeau expressed optimism over export
To counter the growing prevalence of nationalistic policies, Canada is leading supportive countries in a WTO reform effort known as the Ottawa Group.
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Uncertainty in global markets continues with pandemic

Protectionist policies could exacerbate food insecurity globally

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The impact of COVID-19’s second wave is continuing to cause uncertainty in global markets. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), between October 2019 and May 2020, G20 economies implemented 154 new trade or related measures, finding 95 to be trade facilitating and 59 as trade restrictive. “In the early stages of the pandemic, several
Proposed law could spike hydro prices for farms, processors
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Proposed law could spike hydro prices for farms, processors

Advocacy groups worry with reduced oversight, large electricity rate increases could become the norm

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Proposed changes to reduce oversight of hydro rates could cost farmers and other industrial power users big time if not amended, advocacy groups say. “Industrial power users are extremely concerned about the timing and impact of the bill and the increasing likelihood that Manitoba Hydro and the minister may impose large, near-term rate increases,” wrote
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles (bottom) for the United States, Hidalgo Secretary of Agriculture Carlos Muñiz Rodríguez for Mexico (upper right), and Manitoba Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development Blaine Pedersen (upper left) for Canada, sign the official communiqué following the 29th annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord meeting Oct. 20 to 22.
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CUSMA, COVID discussed by North American ag ministers

Manitoba’s Blaine Pedersen represented Canada

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Implementing the new North American trade agreement and COVID-19 were the main themes at the 29th annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord held online Oct. 20 to 22. “The USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) has delivered an era of modernized free and fair trade which will secure North America as the most powerful trading bloc in the world,” Ryan Quarles, Kentucky

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