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Charles de Pellette, Operations Director of the restaurant, poses for a picture next to U.S. beef and pork in a smokehouse, at Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant, in Beijing, China April 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Tiffany Le

US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

US beef exports to China worth $125 million a month at risk

By Ella Cao, Josh Arslan April 21, 2025

Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant uses about 7 to 8 […] Read more

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Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

Part 1 | Cross-country takes on Trump, tariffs and trade tensions

By April Stewart, Geralyn Wichers, Stew Slater, Zak McLachlan April 21, 2025

Farmers from across Canada weighed shared perspectives on the upcoming 2025 federal election. In part one, they talk Trump, tariffs and trade tensions.

Follow along with our live coverage of the 2025 National Agricultural Leaders Debate. Photo: Screencap via x.com/@CFAFCA

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Federal candidates talk tariffs, trade, climate change and red tape at agricultural debate

By Jonah Grignon April 17, 2025

Follow along for the Western Producer's live coverage of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's federal election agriculture debate.

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China says it will ignore US ‘tariff numbers game’

By Reuters April 17, 2025

China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the “tariff numbers game”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China faces tariffs of up to 245 per cent due to its retaliatory actions.

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Bank of Canada holds rates, says tariffs could cause deep recession

By David Brunnstrom, Promit Mukherjee, Reuters April 16, 2025

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent, its first pause after seven consecutive cuts, and said that the uncertainty around U.S. tariffs made it impossible to issue regular economic forecasts.

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Canada’s inflation surprisingly slows to 2.3 per cent in March

By Promit Mukherjee, Reuters April 15, 2025

Canada's annual inflation surprisingly slowed in March to 2.3 per cent, three notches below the prior month, largely helped by lower gasoline and travel tour prices, data showed on Tuesday.

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What are the thorny farm issues in India-US trade negotiations?

By Reuters April 14, 2025

India and the United States have finalized the terms of reference for the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement to be concluded late this year, with a view to reaching bilateral trade worth $500 billion by 2030.

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WTO chiefs past and present demand rapid reform to keep global free trade alive

By emma-farge, Olivia Le Poidevin, Reuters April 11, 2025

A former World Trade Organization boss has said the future terms of global trade, rocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping protectionist tariffs, could be decided outside the 30-year-old international watchdog unless it reforms itself fast.

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EU pauses countermeasures after Trump’s tariff reprieve; U.S. weighing deals

Trump ratchets tariffs on China even higher; China says it will “follow through to the end”

By Andrea Shalal, Joe Cash, philip-blenkinsop, Reuters April 10, 2025

The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty dutiesless than a day after imposing them on dozens of countries, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says

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Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China

White House reverses initial statements, says Canada, Mexico not subject to 10 per cent global tariffs

By Reuters April 9, 2025

Canada and Mexico will be subject to the same 10 per cent tariff as many other countries, CBC reported Tuesday. The news came as U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower new tariffs on many countries, even as he raised them further on imports from China, in a sudden reversal that sent U.S. stocks sharply higher.

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US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

Federal candidates talk tariffs, trade, climate change and red tape at agricultural debate

China says it will ignore US ‘tariff numbers game’

Bank of Canada holds rates, says tariffs could cause deep recession

Canada’s inflation surprisingly slows to 2.3 per cent in March

What are the thorny farm issues in India-US trade negotiations?

WTO chiefs past and present demand rapid reform to keep global free trade alive

EU pauses countermeasures after Trump’s tariff reprieve; U.S. weighing deals

Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China

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