A new agency will use funds from a new levy on imported pork to pay for research and promotion for the Canadian pork sector. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau […] Read more
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Feds back pork producers with new levy on imports
New national pork agency to be up and running next summer

Ottawa proposes levy on imported pork products
The levy of 75 cents per hog would fund research and promotion similar to beef sector program
Glacier FarmMedia – Canada wants to start charging a levy on imported pork to help fund research and promotion activities. The federal government is proposing to establish the Canadian Pork […] Read more

Canada imports pork from Poland, despite African swine fever
If the disease appears in Canada, countries could ban imports of Canadian pork and cause billions in economic damage
Canada continues to import pork from Poland, even though it has had hundreds of cases of ASF. For the first 11 months of 2018, Canada imported more than $25 million […] Read more

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact
Wuzhen, China | Reuters — China’s 2019 pork imports are set to double from last year to two million tonnes, a Rabobank analyst said on Thursday, as African swine fever […] Read more

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon
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 […] Read more

Trudeau says will keep exploring trade deal with China
Beijing | Reuters — Canada will continue to explore a free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, as it weighs its options after the U.S. […] Read more

Canada beats U.S. in pork sales to China – feet, elbows and all
Winnipeg/Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — Canada has overtaken the United States as the top North American supplier of pork to China as farmers and meat packers in both nations battle for […] Read more

Belgian regions set to block CETA over farm concerns
Brussels | Reuters –– Southern Belgium is set to block a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement, threatening to undermine the European Union’s entire trade policy and serving as a warning […] Read more

Korea finds hogs infected with foot-and-mouth
Seoul | Reuters –– South Korea has detected foot-and-mouth in a southwestern hog farm, the first such discovery in nine months and a blow to authorities pushing to contain the […] Read more