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Even as North America’s new trade deal clears a major hurdle, the WTO faces an existential crisis.

Farmers caught in WTO crossfire

The U.S. is letting the global trade bloc wither on the vine, while it fights economic wars

By Allan Dawson December 19, 2019

As the World Trade Organization faces a crisis that renders it impotent and potentially on the verge of dissolving, Manitoba farmers are facing more trade uncertainty than ever. “We’re really in unchartered territory here,” University of Manitoba agricultural economist Ryan Cardwell said in an interview Dec. 12, while attending a trade meeting in Washington, D.C.

A U.S. nameplate at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Markets

U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Nebehay December 9, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The fate of the World Trade Organization’s top court was effectively sealed on Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said, although the WTO chief vowed to find a solution. The Trump administration has been blocking appointments to the

Markets

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 3, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) battled on Tuesday over whether to bring its Appellate Body to an abrupt halt or allow its adjudicators to settle a handful of pending cases, according to trade officials present at a meeting on the subject. The Trump administration has for more than two years been

Exports of Canadian canola to China have seen setbacks as early as last February.

News

WTO ineffective, Canada not defending science, says Richardson VP

By D.C. Fraser November 18, 2019

A senior official of one of the companies at the forefront of Canada’s ongoing trade dispute with China over canola says the World Trade Organization (WTO) cannot be relied upon, and that science-based decision-making is threatened on a domestic and international level. “We simply can’t rely on the existing WTO process as being the most

Canada is at sea when it comes to trade policy and needs to chart a new course, according to a group of agricultural economists.

News, Other

Canada faces a challenging future amidst global trade chaos

Canada will have to rethink its domestic and export policies

By D.C. Fraser October 18, 2019

A new report is warning Canadian agri-food is in an “ominous situation” in the face of rising global trade disruptions. The Agri-Food Economic Systems’ report, “Shifting Geo-Politics and Trade Policy: Wither Canadian Agri-Food Policy?” released this month says escalating trade tensions have resulted in a rapid deterioration of the relatively stable environment that has governed

Columns, Editorial, Farmit Manitoba

Editor’s Take: Canada at a crossroads

By Gord Gilmour July 19, 2019

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada remains either a leader or laggard in the realm of support for its agriculture sector, depending on how one approaches the problem. A free market idealist who favours letting the invisible hand sort it all out might think less support to producers is a

EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

U.S., Canada, 14 others slam EU farm product regulation at WTO

By GFM Network News, Tom Miles July 4, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The United States and 15 other countries launched a broadside of criticism at the European Union on Thursday, saying its “hazard-based” approach to regulating pesticides and other “critical tools” used by farmers was damaging livelihoods worldwide. Their statement, submitted to the World Trade Organization, said the EU’s approach created great uncertainty

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

American and Chinese flag pair on desk over defocused background. Horizontal composition with copy space and selective focus.

News, Other

U.S.-China trade war outcome vital to global trade

The end result could see a renewal of rules-based, multilateralism, or be the final nail in its coffin

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2019

Canada, and many other smaller countries with export-dependent economies, rely on an internationally recognized, rules-based trading system, says Mike Gifford, former chief agricultural trade negotiator for Canada. But that system is under threat from the United States, once the world’s leader in promoting liberalized trade under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). “The

News

Is it the end of the ag trade world as we know it?

Trade tensions, ad hoc American subsidies and surplus stocks raise the spectre of the 1980s — an era of grain subsidy wars and low prices

By Allan Dawson May 24, 2019

As Manitoba farmers wrap up seeding they face more uncertainty than usual, including the potential unravelling of the international, rules-based trading system that has become almost as essential as rain. Meanwhile, crop prices are down after a decade of relatively good returns spurring global production to exceed demand, exacerbated now by African swine fever decimating

Daily Network News

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases

U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

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