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Can Stockwell Day slay the supply management dragon?

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Canada’s agricultural supply management sector may meet its match in Stockwell Day, the new federal minister of international trade. At least that’s what the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) is hoping. “I think he comes from the right side of the political spectrum,” to get Canada to be a stronger supporter of trade liberalization through
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What U. S. farmers need from Obama

”We’ve got too many countries that are not interested in increasing trade flows.” Bo Stallman U. S. farmers and ranchers are anxious about the economic outlook for the farm sector and need access to credit and ways to hedge their risks, the head of the largest farm group said on Nov. 4. Bob Stallman, president
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Brazil urges Doha deal before Obama start

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Brazil wants a broad deal in the long-running Doha round to open up world trade to be concluded before U. S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told Reuters Nov. 5 that reaching a deal in the trade talks would send a powerful counter-cyclical signal to a world economy bludgeoned
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Doha not dead yet

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Resource News International Left for dead back in the summer, the World Trade Organization’s struggling Doha round is slowly being prodded back to life through a series of informal consultations in Geneva. Canadian agriculture groups welcomed the news. Ambassador Crawford Falconer, chair of the WTO’s agricultural committee, has been meeting informally with countries since early
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Ritz returns, Transport gets a new look

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“Farming is the backbone of the Canadian economy and in times of global economic uncertainty this government is committed to continue putting farmers first.” Gerry Ritz is staying on as agriculture minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new cabinet. But there’s plenty of change in other key portfolios. As was generally expected, Jim Flaherty remains
Beef cattle, Opinion

Fusarium burgers? They’re scientifcally safe

Though grain and oilseed prices have fallen dramatically over the past few weeks, it’s clear that’s largely due to fallout from the international credit crisis. That hasn’t changed the fundamentals of the marketplace. The recovery in production this year has helped move off the knife edge between supply and demand that was talked about so
Beef cattle, News

WTO says beef hormone ban still unfounded

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top court largely backed the United States and Canada Oct. 16 in a mixed ruling on an appeal over the European Union’s long-standing ban on beef treated with growth hormones. The dispute, dating back to the 1980s, has led to U. S. and Canadian sanctions of $125 million a year
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Financial crisis no cause for protectionism, WTO says

The financial crisis should not undermine efforts to open up the global economy, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Sept. 24. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy said the lesson from the Great Depression that followed the 1929 Wall Street crash was that protectionism made things worse for economies. “The current hurricane that has

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