Trans-Pacific Partnership Archives - Page 2 of 19

File photo of street food on display in Hue, Vietnam. (RomanBabakin/iStock/Getty Images)

Vietnam considers CPTPP-level tariff cuts on U.S. ag products

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 9, 2019

Hanoi | Reuters — Vietnam is considering cutting tariffs on several U.S. products, the ministry of finance said in a statement on Monday, after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urged Vietnam to reduce its trade surplus during a visit to Hanoi last month. Tariffs on chicken and processed chicken meat, almonds, grapes, wheat, pork and

Wagyu beef on skewers at a Tokyo market. (Michal_Staniewski/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

By GFM Network News, Linda Sieg, Tom Polansek September 26, 2019

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that for now, that boost may

File photo of marbled Japanese beef on display at retail. (ES3N/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Japan set to grant TPP-level access for U.S. beef, pork

By David Lawder, GFM Network News August 24, 2019

Tokyo | Reuters — The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, Japan’s Nikkei business daily said on Saturday, with Tokyo making concessions on its agriculture but none immediately apparent from Washington on automobiles. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi reached the deal in Washington

How does Canada protect its trading relationships when the rules of trade have been thrown out the window?

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Protecting trade in a protectionist era

Canada needs to respond to trade barriers by using dispute settlement mechanisms

By Cam Dahl May 28, 2019

The world has become protectionist. There is, justifiably, much focus on issues with China. But it is not just China. Canadian agriculture commodities are blocked in India, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam and face issues in key markets like Peru. Countries are turning inward, finding new ways to block trade. How do we protect our

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told the Canadian Crops Convention March 6 in Montreal that while the world is the most protectionist since the 1930s there are still trade export opportunities for Canadian farmers.

News

Export opportunities in a protectionist world

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada’s strategy is to build alliances with like-minded countries that support rules-based free trade

By Allan Dawson April 1, 2019

This is probably the most protectionist time since the Great Depression of the 1930s. However, there are still opportunities for Canadian farmers to expand exports, says Canadian Foreigns Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. There are emerging markets in Africa and Asia where millions climbing out of poverty are willing to spend more on food, Freeland told

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canadian dairies get significant control over imports under TPP

By GFM Network News November 27, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Canada will give local dairy processors significant control over imports under a new trade deal with Pacific countries that opens the sheltered industry to further competition, according to a notice published by the federal government, which drew criticism from Canadian retailers. New quotas created by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for

News, Other

Most Canadian farmers praise quick passage of CPTPP law

New opportunities and a levelled playing field with other agriculture exporters are lauded

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 5, 2018

Canada’s grain farmers and other export-oriented producers have issued statements praising the Canadian government for quickly passing legislation ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) paving the way for Canadian farmers to see increased export volumes that could result in higher farm revenues as early as next spring. Alberta Wheat and Barley

The Senate dealt with the bill within a week of receiving it from the Commons, but cautioned government that legislators shouldn’t be taken for granted in the process of approving new laws.

News, Other

Canada signs on to CPTPP

Senators chastised the government for taking them for granted on time-sensitive trade bills

By Alex Binkley October 26, 2018

Ottawa – Grain and livestock groups seeking greater market access in Asia are among the loudest voices welcoming the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Senate gave final approval to the deal Oct.25, and the bill received Royal Assent shortly afterwards. All that remains is notifying the CPTT administration in Auckland, New Zealand,

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

Since talks began more than a year ago, it was clear Canada and Mexico would have to make concessions in the face of Trump’s threats to tear up NAFTA.

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy producers ‘deeply disappointed’

Canadian dairy farmers say Canada’s trade deals are progressively placing more pressures on their industry

By Alex Binkley October 4, 2018

Canadian dairy producers say they’ve been thrown under the bus in order for Canada to be part of the new United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. Piere Lampron, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, says it’s an especially bitter pill to swallow considering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had repeatedly assured the

Daily Network News

Prairie forecast: Winter temperatures moving in

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

Tag Archives Trans-Pacific Partnership