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

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

By 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 […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

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

By 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 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU lawmakers clear U.S. beef imports but fault U.S. tariffs

By philip-blenkinsop November 28, 2019

Brussels | Reuters — European Union lawmakers approved an increase in U.S. beef imports to the EU on Thursday, a move likely to ease transatlantic tensions. But they also criticized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on metal imports and a threat he has made to target EU cars and car parts. The European […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

By Maximilian Heath September 25, 2019

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The United States and China are still in the early stages of their trade war and tensions that arise from it should be considered the “new normal,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Wednesday. Washington has tried to hold China accountable for its trade practices and not sought […] Read more

Federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr speaks at the China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee/Pool)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

By David Ljunggren September 6, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada, locked in a major dispute with Beijing, is taking the first formal step at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s decision to block Canadian canola exports, Trade Minister Jim Carr said Friday. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top Huawei Technologies executive last year on a U.S. arrest […] Read more

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

Crops, Reuters

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

By 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 […] Read more

A building housing offices of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing. (AIIB.org)

General

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Federal Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen has publicly ripped the federal government’s lack of action to deal with rising barriers against Canada’s substantial ag exports to China. China halted imports of Canadian meat effective Tuesday, the latest on the list of Canadian products China has blacklisted since the December arrest of Huawei executive […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Crops, Reuters

Trump simplifies reviews of genetically modified farm products

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 11, 2019

Council Bluffs | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to streamline the review process for agricultural biotechnology including genetically modified livestock and seeds. Trump signed the order during a visit to an ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The executive order, he said, would “speed up […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

By Glen Hallick May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — There wasn’t much available to sustain a bounce in canola prices, from where David Derwin sits. “It’s really tough to say. We had canola drop so much over the last couple of months and sometimes it’s ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact,’” said Derwin, a commodities portfolio manager with PI Financial in Winnipeg. […] Read more

Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada needs ‘reset’ on China, Scheer says

By Steve Scherer May 7, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s opposition leader on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for being too soft on China and said there needs to be a “total reset” on relations with the Asian powerhouse. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer spoke amid an escalating diplomatic dispute that has followed Canada’s arrest of Huawei Technologies chief […] Read more

Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute

Conservatives would scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program says Poilievre

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Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute

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

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

EU lawmakers clear U.S. beef imports but fault U.S. tariffs

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

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

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

Trump simplifies reviews of genetically modified farm products

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

Canada needs ‘reset’ on China, Scheer says

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