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Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

Trudeau wants CUSMA deal ratified quickly

By Kelsey Johnson, Steve Scherer January 21, 2020

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged legislators to quickly approve a new continental trade pact but the main opposition party said it wanted to study the deal, indicating the ratification process could drag on. Canada is the only one of the three signatories not to have formally blessed the […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. Senate passes CUSMA trade deal

By Reuters January 16, 2020

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labour and automotive content but leaves US$1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The legislation for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA) passed on an 89-10 bipartisan vote, sending the […] Read more

Morris’ Quantum Air Drill had its first public appearance at Canada’s Farm Progress Show and its formal launch at Ag in Motion in 2018. (Grainews photo by Scott Garvey)

Crops, Machinery

Ag equipment maker Morris in creditor protection

By GFM Staff January 11, 2020

Downsizing and staff cuts lie ahead for well known Prairie farm equipment maker Morris Industries as the company enters creditor protection due to a “liquidity crisis.” The Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Wednesday approved the Morris Group’s Jan. 3 application, which stays any proceedings or actions against the company until Jan. 18 at […] Read more

John Deere in October announced updates to its 7R tractor line for 2020, including the 7R 210 shown here. (Deere.ca)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Deere bets on cost cuts, services push to boost profits

By Rajesh Kumar Singh, GFM Network News January 8, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday said it will cut costs and ramp up investment in data-driven agriculture technology and its services business to make itself more profitable. In a pitch to investors, CEO John May said the measures are expected to boost operating profit margin to 15 per cent by 2022 […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada could be last to ratify CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

By Reuters December 17, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match the U.S. timetable was set to fail. Trudeau’s Liberal government said from the start it wanted to work in tandem with […] Read more

File photo of Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in Montreal on Oct. 22, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Andrej Ivanov)

General, Markets, Reuters

Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

By David Ljunggren December 11, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty. Such a move would embarrass Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vowed that Parliament will quickly approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA). […] Read more

Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attend a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Mexico City on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Henry Romero)

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

By Andrea Shalal, Sharay Angulo December 10, 2019

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision. The signing ceremony in Mexico City launched what may be […] Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland waits to enter a ballroom at an event in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

General, Markets, Reuters

Freeland, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet to pin down trade deal

By David Lawder, Sharay Angulo December 9, 2019

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The Trump administration, Mexico and U.S. Democrats on Monday closed in on a deal for labour-related changes to a languishing North American trade pact that may soon allow it to proceed to a vote, as the window for passage this year quickly narrows. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and White […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Pattison to shut one Saskatchewan Deere dealership

By GFM Staff December 4, 2019

Pattison Agriculture’s chain of Deere ag equipment dealerships in Saskatchewan and Manitoba is preparing to cut one link. The Prairie farm equipment sales and service arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group announced Tuesday on its website and social media it will permanently close its dealership at Foam Lake, Sask. effective Dec. 31. The Pattison store […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm November 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Diesel prices in Canada and the U.S. have increased marginally ahead of winter, which is expected for this time of year — but in the New Year, prices on the farm will likely be higher than normal, as the ocean freight industry adopts new environmental standards. While a farmer’s demand for diesel is […] Read more

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Machinery

Trudeau wants CUSMA deal ratified quickly

U.S. Senate passes CUSMA trade deal

Ag equipment maker Morris in creditor protection

Deere bets on cost cuts, services push to boost profits

Canada could be last to ratify CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

Freeland, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet to pin down trade deal

Pattison to shut one Saskatchewan Deere dealership

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

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