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Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

By Reuters December 16, 2015

Canada remains “cautiously optimistic” that the U.S. government will repeal its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law before the Canadian and Mexican governments impose retaliatory tariffs. Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking Wednesday from Nairobi on a conference call with reporters, said she was “not going to go into hypotheticals” about Canada’s next move if an omnibus […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

By Rod Nickel December 16, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away. The World Trade Organization on Monday authorized Canada and Mexico, the biggest markets for exported U.S. goods, to […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shown here Nov. 16 in Turkey, said Canada would “rather not” launch trade retaliation against the U.S., but will do so to “stand up for our farmers.” (Adam Scotti photo courtesy PMO)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau says prefers to avoid COOL retaliation on U.S.

By Reuters December 10, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he would prefer not to apply sanctions against the U.S. over a meat labeling dispute, but at the same time warned that he would stand up for Canada’s farmers. Earlier this week, the World Trade Organization authorized an annual retaliation level of $1.055 billion for […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs

By Theopolis Waters December 7, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, partly led by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling against the U.S. in a meat-labeling dispute, said traders. Canada and Mexico may impose tariffs worth $1 billion onto U.S.-traded products, a WTO panel ruled on Monday, as the countries prepared to retaliate […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation

By Dave Bedard December 7, 2015

Canada will be able to take only about a third of the revenge it asked the World Trade Organization to authorize over the United States’ country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. An arbitration panel of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico may now ask the DSB to authorize annual retaliatory tariffs, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

CME to revamp cattle delivery rules before COOL vote

By Reuters December 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans changes to its rules for live cattle futures, requiring that all cattle delivered against the contract must be born and raised solely in the U.S., the exchange said in a statement Friday. The new requirement, effective Dec. 18, covers all currently listed trading months through April 2017. CME […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

MacAulay favours TPP deal, poised for trade fight with U.S.

By Rod Nickel November 10, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s new agriculture minister said Tuesday he likely will support the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiated by the previous government, and is inclined to retaliate against the U.S. over a long-standing meat-labeling dispute. The Liberal government, elected last month, has not taken a firm position yet on whether it will support TPP, which […] Read more

Canada’s new Agriculture and Agri-Foods Minister Lawrence MacAulay (l) is sworn-in during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 4, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

By Shannon VanRaes November 5, 2015

Ottawa/Manitoba Co-operator – Only hours after being sworn in by Governor General David Johnston and mere minutes after leaving his first cabinet meeting, Canada’s newly minted Minister of Agriculture paused to speak with reporters gathered on Parliament Hill Nov. 3. “I’m certainly pleased,” said Lawrence MacAulay. “Being a dairy farmer and a seed potato farmer […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

The BSE decade

By Steve Kay October 26, 2015

Students of history often look back at previous decades to see what lessons were learned and how they can be applied to the present and future. So it’s instructive to look back at the past two decades involving the beef industries on both sides of the border. The E. coli crisis of the 1990s changed […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

COOL saga winding down, but not over yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 24, 2015

CNS Canada –– The seven-year saga of U.S. country of origin labelling (COOL) rules and their adverse impact on Canada’s livestock sector may be nearing its final chapter, but the conclusion still needs to be written. After numerous complaints and appeals with the World Trade Organization, the COOL regulations in place since 2008 have been […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as Cattle on Feed report shows lower inventory

Canadian cattle herd sees first year-over-year increase since 2021

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as Cattle on Feed report shows lower inventory

Canadian cattle herd sees first year-over-year increase since 2021

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

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Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

Trudeau says prefers to avoid COOL retaliation on U.S.

U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs

WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation

CME to revamp cattle delivery rules before COOL vote

MacAulay favours TPP deal, poised for trade fight with U.S.

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

The BSE decade

COOL saga winding down, but not over yet

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