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WTO should prepare for life without U.S., ex-chief Lamy says

By GFM Network News, Tom Miles February 20, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — World Trade Organization countries need to prepare for a future without the United States as a member of the club, former WTO chief Pascal Lamy said on Monday. The U.S. has thrown the WTO into crisis by blocking the appointment of new judges, undermining its dispute settlement system just as it

Private grain handler Minn-Kota Ag Products has been setting up a new shuttle facility at Barney, N.D., about 80 km south of Fargo. (MKAP.com)

Crops

U.S. grain firms set up co-ops in tax law’s wake

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub, Tom Polansek February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. agricultural merchants are scrambling to register themselves as cooperatives after a blunder in the country’s new tax law gave farmers a tax break for selling grains to co-ops rather than private firms. Private crop handlers — including the “big four” merchants Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus —

A ship at Brazil’s Port of Santos.(Portosdobrasil.gov.br via Flickr)

Markets

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News February 16, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty. Canada sends around 75 per cent of its goods exports to the U.S. and is looking

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the U.S. government’s proposals on dairy in NAFTA are “a non-starter.” (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy farmers get no assurances on NAFTA

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 9, 2018

Dairy farmers are seeking assurances there would be no more access to Canada’s dairy market in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement — but Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s minister of agriculture and agri-food, would not provide them. “Because of the NAFTA negotiations going on, we have to be careful what we say publicly,” MacAulay said

Crops

U.S. Congress near deal on tax law’s impact on grain market

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 9, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers are close to resolving a problem with the new federal tax law that gives grain co-operatives an unintended market edge over private companies, but have had a hard time getting agreement among members of the farm sector, a Republican senator said Thursday. A provision in the Republican tax overhaul

Grain sorghum under irrigation at Bushland in northern Texas. (Susan O’Shaughnessy photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

With sorghum warning shot, Beijing targets Trump’s core farm base

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News February 5, 2018

Beijing | Reuters — In launching a probe into U.S. sorghum imports, China has fired a warning shot across its top trading partner’s bow that shows farmers in states that voted for U.S. President Donald Trump may be Beijing’s top retaliatory target in the event of a trade war. On Sunday, the Ministry of Commerce

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a town hall meeting Jan. 10 in Hamilton. (PM.gc.ca)

Markets

Trudeau talks tough on NAFTA, repeats he could walk away

By GFM Network News February 2, 2018

Nanaimo, B.C. | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough line on NAFTA on Friday, repeating that he could walk away if he was not happy with talks to modernize a pact the U.S. contends needs major changes. “The negotiations are complex and challenging … I’ve said many times, we are not

Markets

Rising diesel could surge with U.S. infrastructure plan

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 31, 2018

CNS Canada — Diesel costs in Western Canada are roughly eight to 10 cents higher on average than anytime in 2017, and an industry expert warns that gap could grow even more with a potential surge of U.S. construction. “I think we’re already seeing more evidence of a robust, consumption-driven U.S. as more disposable income

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shown here in Ottawa last month with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (l), said he’s confident U.S. President Donald Trump will see remaining in NAFTA as being in Americans’ best interests. (PM.gc.ca)

Markets

Trudeau says doesn’t think Trump will pull U.S. out of NAFTA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News January 31, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he did not think U.S. President Donald Trump would pull out of NAFTA, despite slow progress at negotiations to update the US$1.2 trillion trade pact. Trudeau’s comments were among the most positive made by any Canadian official since talks started last year to

U.S. trade negotiators are skeptical of a Canadian suggestion that North American content in automobiles would be higher if the value of software and related materials produced by the three NAFTA nations were taken into account. (Ford.ca)

Markets

U.S. rejects proposals to unblock NAFTA, but will stay in talks

By Anthony Esposito, David Lawder, GFM Network News January 29, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade chief on Monday dismissed Canadian proposals for unblocking NAFTA modernization talks but pledged to stay at the table, easing concerns about a potentially imminent U.S. withdrawal from the trilateral pact. Trump, who described the 1994 pact as a disaster that has drained manufacturing jobs to Mexico,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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WTO should prepare for life without U.S., ex-chief Lamy says

U.S. grain firms set up co-ops in tax law’s wake

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

Dairy farmers get no assurances on NAFTA

U.S. Congress near deal on tax law’s impact on grain market

With sorghum warning shot, Beijing targets Trump’s core farm base

Trudeau talks tough on NAFTA, repeats he could walk away

Rising diesel could surge with U.S. infrastructure plan

Trudeau says doesn’t think Trump will pull U.S. out of NAFTA

U.S. rejects proposals to unblock NAFTA, but will stay in talks

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