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OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

By Reuters May 24, 2018

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the government had been expecting since […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

By Reuters April 12, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his trade advisers to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact he withdrew the U.S. from last year, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said. Republican senators met with Trump on Thursday and he told them that he has asked U.S. Trade Representative […] Read more

Chef Jonathan Collins cuts up a pork leg, foot included, to prepare ginger and black vinegar hog trotters in a video for Canada Pork International. (Video screengrab from CanadaPork.com)

Hogs, Livestock

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

By Dave Sims April 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Pork producers in Western Canada are still grappling with old problems even as new opportunities present themselves in the export market, according to presenters at the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting Thursday in Winnipeg. Canadian pork exports in 2017 totaled 1.29 billion tonnes to a tune of $4 billion. On its […] Read more

Canada’s International Trade Minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne goes in to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on March 8 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo: Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)

General, Markets, Reuters

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

By Dave Sherwood, Felipe Iturrieta March 8, 2018

Santiago | Reuters — Eleven countries including Canada and Japan signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the U.S. on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism and trade wars. The deal came as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed earlier in the day to press ahead with a plan to impose […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

By Charlotte Greenfield, Colin Packham February 20, 2018

Wellington/Sydney | Reuters — The final version of a landmark deal aimed at cutting trade barriers in some of the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-growing economies was released on Wednesday, signalling the pact was a step closer to reality even without its star member the U.S. More than 20 provisions have been suspended or changed in the final […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada in on TPP pact, to be signed in March

By Kaori Kaneko, Takashi Umekawa January 23, 2018

Tokyo | Reuters — Eleven countries aiming to forge a Asia-Pacific trade pact after the U.S. pulled out of an earlier version will sign an agreement in Chile in March, Japan’s economy minister said on Tuesday. Trade officials had been meeting in Tokyo to resolve rifts including Canada’s insistence on protections for its cultural industries […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan

By John Greig January 15, 2018

Canadian beef producers could be out millions of dollars in new exports if Canada is shut out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Why is it important? Beef exports, especially from Ontario, have been growing significantly to Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Allowing other competitors such as Mexico and New Zealand better access to that market, […] Read more

Japan’s Imperial Palace and Nijubashi Bridge, in Tokyo. (CIA.gov)

General, Markets, Reuters

TPP talks without U.S. near final stretch

By Reuters November 1, 2017

Urayasu, Japan | Reuters — The 11 remaining nations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States edged toward sealing a comprehensive free trade pact after New Zealand agreed to amend laws that are not subject to TPP, to enable its ban on foreign home purchases. The pact aims to eliminate tariffs on industrial […] Read more

Beef on display in a market in Japan. (File photo)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan to propose changes to beef import safeguards in talks with U.S.

By Takashi Umekawa October 12, 2017

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan will propose changes to its safeguard mechanism on frozen U.S. beef imports that will shorten review periods and allow importers to voluntarily lower import volumes to prevent tariffs from automatically kicking in, two government sources said on Thursday. The proposal will be made at the second round of the U.S.-Japan […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Reuters

Japan beef tariff hike threatens trade relations: Perdue

By Theopolis Waters July 28, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – Japan’s decision to hike tariffs on frozen beef imports from the United States could disrupt sales and harm trade relations between the two countries, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday. Japan will raise tariffs from August on imports of frozen beef, popular in beef bowl dishes, from the United […] Read more

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OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

Canada in on TPP pact, to be signed in March

TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan

TPP talks without U.S. near final stretch

Japan to propose changes to beef import safeguards in talks with U.S.

Japan beef tariff hike threatens trade relations: Perdue

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