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Vanessa Kummer is seen on a storage bin catwalk on her family farm near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek October 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers cheered the Trump administration’s announcement of a potentially dramatic increase in U.S. agricultural sales to China on Friday but warned they needed to see a follow-through of actual purchases. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the agricultural purchases could scale up to $40 billion-$50 billion annually as part of a […] Read more

Wagyu beef on skewers at a Tokyo market. (Michal_Staniewski/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

By Kaori Kaneko, Linda Sieg, Tom Polansek September 26, 2019

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that for now, that boost may […] Read more

Crops, Markets

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

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Livestock, Markets

U.S., Japan sign limited trade deal

By David Lawder, Jeff Mason September 25, 2019

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a limited trade deal on Wednesday that cuts tariffs on U.S. farm goods, Japanese machine tools and other products while further staving off the threat of higher U.S. car duties. Trump said the deal would open up Japanese markets […] Read more

Ken Christopher looks at cloves of garlic on a conveyer belt on March 29, 2019 at Christopher Ranch at Gilroy, California, about 40 km southeast of San Jose. (Photo: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Crops

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

By Lucy Nicholson, Richa Naidu May 21, 2019

Gilroy, California | Reuters — Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the trade war with China and have cheered President Donald Trump’s latest economic attack accordingly. Sales of California-grown garlic are now increasing after decades of losing ground to cheaper Chinese imports. Sales are poised to get even better as […] 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)

Markets

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

Livestock

Paths seen open to post-TPP Pacific trade pact

By Antonio De la Jara, Rosalba O'Brien March 9, 2017

Santiago | Reuters — Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile next week, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal, Chile’s head of international trade told Reuters. Representatives from the 12 countries that formed the TPP, plus China and South […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Canada, EU finally settle trade deal after opposition

By David Ljunggren, Philip Blenkinsop February 29, 2016

Ottawa/Brussels | Reuters — The European Union has convinced Canada to include a new way of settling investor claims in their trade deal, making it more likely that it will be passed and putting the U.S. under pressure to accept the same terms. The two sides wrapped up negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade […] Read more

Tag Archives trade deal — page 2

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

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

U.S., Japan sign limited trade deal

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

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

Paths seen open to post-TPP Pacific trade pact

Canada, EU finally settle trade deal after opposition

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