Former negotiator urges calm on tariffs

Former negotiator urges calm on tariffs

Glacier FarmMedia — Canada’s chief negotiator of the North American Free Trade Agreement has a message for those concerned about Donald Trump’s latest salvo. “Don’t panic,” says John Weekes. The president-elect of the United States recently announced on his Truth Social media platform that he will slap a 25 per cent import tariff on all

It may be tempting to think the hunger problems facing other parts of the world are far removed from us, but food insecurity is more common close to home than many Canadians would like to think.

Trump trade threats a global concern

Importers and exporters around the world are uneasily analyzing what a 10 per cent tariff, or other border measures likely in a second Donald Trump U.S. presidential term, could mean for trade. “Europeans are deeply concerned,” said Brussels, Belgium-based U.S. consultant and canola trade expert Angela Dansby. “Trump has made steps toward all the threats

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CUSMA panel rejects U.S. complaint on access to Canada dairy market

Canada 'very pleased' with dispute settlement panel findings

Ottawa | Reuters — A trade dispute settlement panel set up under a major North American free trade agreement has rejected a U.S. complaint that Canada is improperly limiting access to its dairy market, an official report showed on Friday. The United States had accused Canada of not meeting obligations under the 2020 Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement


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U.S. escalates Mexico corn trade spat with dispute panel request

Canada 'considering its next steps'

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Thursday escalated its objections to Mexico’s curbs on genetically modified corn imports, requesting a dispute settlement panel under the North American trade pact, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The request to send the dispute to arbitrators was announced after formal consultations failed to resolve deep divisions

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Dates moved up in dairy sector’s CUSMA compensation calendar

Calculation date will shift to Aug. 31

Changes are being made to the timetable for the remainder of the program compensating Canada’s dairy farmers for market share lost to recent multilateral trade deals. The Dairy Direct Payment Program (DDPP), which issued $1.75 billion over four payments from 2019 to 2023 to compensate for the Canada-European Union (CETA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade

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Canada gets in on U.S. trade challenge of Mexico’s GM corn ban

Canada to have third party role in CUSMA dispute consultations

A U.S. challenge under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement (CUSMA), against Mexico’s planned ban on genetically modified corn, will now also have Canada at the table. Rob Stewart, Canada’s deputy minister for international trade, wrote Friday to U.S. and Mexican trade officials, formally announcing Canada’s intent to take part in the CUSMA dispute settlement consultations


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U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn

Canada 'considering next steps'

Mexico City | Reuters — The U.S. is escalating its conflict with Mexico over agriculture biotech measures, including the stance on genetically modified (GM) corn, by requesting dispute settlement consultations, senior officials of the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Friday. The North American neighbours are inching closer to a full-blown trade dispute under the

Trade irritants are part of doing business, Senate agriculture committee ranking member John Boozman told members of the North American Agricultural Journalists April 24, 2023 on Capitol Hill. 

Canada-U.S. ag trade worth billions, deputy ambassador says

Those tasty pork ribs started with hogs raised in Manitoba, fattened in Iowa and processed in Illinois

Washington, D.C. — Agricultural trade between Canada and the United States is important and valuable to both countries, officials told journalists from both countries April 25. “We literally grow things together to feed communities at home and around the world,” Canada’s deputy ambassador, Arun Alexander, told members of North American Agricultural Journalists during their visit