Increased protectionism within the global trading environment is causing major shifts in how countries do business — and world leaders are scrambling to keep pace. Despite the existence of highly […] Read more
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Opinion: Length of trade war is the big question
Editorial: Politics and the markets
Trade jitters around the world haven’t moved agriculture markets much, but a recent market drop may be the start
The advent of the age of geopolitics based on whim and emotion has pressured agricultural commodities in ways I haven’t seen the like of in my career. Yet, commodity prices […] Read more
OPINION: As Parliament closes for summer break, uncertainty dominates
It’s been a long haul. MPs wrapped up their last midnight sittings and headed home to their ridings for the summer. The last official sitting day was June 22. Bill […] Read more
OPINION: The sleeping giant keeps thrashing about trade
In the 2001 Hollywood classic Pearl Harbour, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto utters what is likely one of the film’s most iconic quotes. “I fear all we have done is to awaken […] Read more
TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive, much work remains
Vietnam | Reuters – Members of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed to continue working on the proposed trade deal despite early Canadian resistance in talks that had raised new […] Read more
Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy
Reuters – Australia and New Zealand dairy industry leaders say they would support moves by the United States to draw the World Trade Organization into a trade dispute with Canada, […] Read more
Canada to Mexico on NAFTA: You might be on your own
Calgary | Reuters — Canada will focus on preserving its U.S. trade ties during talks to renegotiate NAFTA and may not be able to help Mexico avoid being targeted by […] Read more
As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has left the agriculture secretary as the last department head to be named to his cabinet, while a meeting with the chief […] Read more
Protectionism game comes with raised economic stakes: Frum
As U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day approaches, the business world is pondering how the new administration might affect the world economy. Trump’s pride in his unpredictability is troubling, given […] Read more
Trudeau to shuffle Dion out of foreign affairs
Ottawa | Reuters –– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet this week and is set to move Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, who ran into political trouble last […] Read more
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