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Beef Imports To Exceed Quotas

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A strong demand for ground beef, driven partly by the recession, may cause Canada to exceed its non-NAFTA beef import quotas this year for the first time since 2003. Canadians are eating more hamburger and less prime rib because of the economic downturn. Add to that a sharp reduction in the national beef cow herd
Hogs, Opinion

What Were They Thinking?

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Responding to last Saturday’s federal plan to cut hog numbers, one producer made the point that cutting Canadian production wasn’t going to make much difference to the price as long as there were no cuts in the U. S. Regardless of the merits or otherwise of the program, he’s right. But
Hogs, Opinion

Hog Loan Aid No-Win For Ottawa

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Canada’s government will set off squeals of protests no matter how it decides to handle a plea for aid from its desperate hog farmers. If Ottawa fails to come through on the $800-million loan request, Canada stands to lose a large chunk of its once-lucrative hog sector to bankruptcy and closures. But aid for Canuck
Beef cattle, Livestock

Korean Beef Ban Goes Back To WTO

Technical talks aimed at avoiding a formal trade dispute between Canada and South Korea over the latter’s ban on Canadian beef haven’t done the trick. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced July 9 that Canada has officially asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up a formal dispute settlement
Crops, Oilseeds

Canada/EU WTO Dispute Over

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The formal end of Canada’s WTO trade dispute with the European Union over genetically modified organisms (GMOs), announced July 15, will benefit the country’s canola sector, according to an official with the Canola Council of Canada. “The Canadian government has worked really hard on this and we really appreciate all their efforts,” said JoAnne Buth,
Livestock

Ritz Says WTO Challenge Continues

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is scoffing at Liberal claims the Conservative government has abandoned its complaint to the World Trade Organization about the United States country-of-original labelling program. Wayne Easter, Liberal farm spokesman, and Scott Brison, the party’s trade critic, said in a statement July 15 that an American publication called Inside U. S. Trade
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Canada Must Be Cautious In Trade Talks

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Canada has good reasons to be leery of the outcome of the negotiations for a new world trade agreement, says veteran trade observer Peter Clark. “We bought and paid for in the Uruguay round better behaviour by other countries on their subsidies,” he told the Commons agriculture committee June 2. “It hasn’t been delivered. We’re
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CFA Balks At Cairns Statement

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture refused to fully endorse the communiqué coming from the Cairns Group Farm Leaders (CGFL) meeting, held in Bali, Indonesia June 9 on how to move the Doha Development Round forward. The final communiqué, presented to the Cairns Group Ministers, expressed the Farm Leaders’ continued support to reignite the WTO Doha
Opinion

Take Free Trade — Please

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When the international trade portion of your resume is as thin as the new U. S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk’s, it’s likely you’d stress personal ideals over professional accomplishments when talking about your new job. Kirk did just that in a May 22 speech to the U. S. Meat Export Federation. As Barack Obama’s trade
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Cairns Group Disapproves Of U. S. Dairy Subsidies

The United States has taken a “backwards step” by reintroducing dairy export subsidies, the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting nations said on May 27, condemning the move. The U. S. Agriculture Department said recently it would revive its dairy export subsidy program after five years of dormancy to help struggling farmers, saying European dairy export

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