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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 18. (Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis)

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

By Mark Weinraub June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s tariff battle with key buyers of U.S. apples, soybeans and corn threatens the support of some of his biggest backers — U.S. farmers now seeing their livelihoods in jeopardy. Farmers overwhelmingly supported Trump in the 2016 election, welcoming how he championed rural economies and vowed to repeal estate […] Read more

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Markets

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

By David Ljunggren June 14, 2018

Reuters — Canada agreed with the U.S. on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue, although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official said in remarks casting further doubt on the chances of a deal this year. Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement started […] Read more

Livestock

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

By David Ljunggren June 13, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing the threat of a trade war from U.S. President Donald Trump, has unanimous domestic support for now but to keep a firm hold on power must wring concessions from an unwilling powerful dairy lobby in order to mollify Washington. Trudeau, who over the last year […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

By David Ljunggren June 12, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing the threat of a trade war from U.S. President Donald Trump, has unanimous domestic support for now but to keep a firm hold on power must wring concessions from an unwilling powerful dairy lobby in order to mollify Washington. Trudeau, who over the last year […] Read more

Livestock

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel June 11, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers want trade negotiators to keep their hands off the protected sector in increasingly contentious talks with the United States, however loudly U.S. President Donald Trump demands greater access, an executive with Canada’s biggest dairy lobby group said Monday. The sector, worth $21 billion in farm and processed dairy […] Read more

On June 1, the Trump administration imposed import tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products of 25 per cent and 10 per cent.

News

OPINION: The sleeping giant keeps thrashing about trade

By Kelsey Johnson June 11, 2018

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 a sleeping giant,” he says shortly after Japanese Imperial Forces bomb Pearl Harbour in 1941. The sleeping giant is the United States, which was dragged […] Read more

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Markets

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

By Tom Polansek June 7, 2018

Des Moines | Reuters — More than 14 per cent of US$140 billion in annual U.S. farm exports have been or are likely to be hit by retaliatory tariffs in trade disputes with countries such as China and Mexico, a top U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday. Mexico imposed tariffs on U,S, products ranging from […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

By Reuters June 6, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically sensitive agricultural products from pork to bourbon. Mexico’s peso tumbled to its weakest level since February 2017, leading losses among major currencies due to the […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

By Allison Martell June 1, 2018

Reuters — Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of U.S. exports and challenge U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization (WTO), Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. The Canadian tariffs are set to go into effect on July 1 and […] Read more

Closeup of the flags of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA members on textile texture. NAFTA is the world's largest trade bloc and the member countries are Canada, United States and Mexico. 3D rendering with detailed textured grunge effect on closeup.

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Opinion: Could NAFTA be a 2019 election issue?

By Kelsey Johnson May 30, 2018

The fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could very well become a central issue in the 2019 federal election. Trade officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States failed to resolve an ongoing impasse at the negotiating table in time to present Congress with an agreement by May 17 — a deadline […] Read more

Tag Archives nafta — page 9

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

OPINION: The sleeping giant keeps thrashing about trade

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

Opinion: Could NAFTA be a 2019 election issue?

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