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Disruption in trade with U.S. expected to continue for years

Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

Canada to retaliate

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder, Reuters March 4, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 per cent, sparking trade wars that could slam economic growth and lift prices for Americans still smarting from years of high inflation.

A dockworker demonstrates after a shipping port strike went into effect across the East Coast at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Matthew Hatcher

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

By David Shepardson, Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters October 1, 2024

Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour contract broke down over wages.

FILE PHOTO: A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

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Agriculture groups urge White House to avert U.S. East Coast port disruption

By David Shepardson, Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters September 25, 2024

Dozens of groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation, Renewable Fuels Association and American Chemistry Council said "the time has come for the U.S. government to intervene and ensure port operations do not stop" in order to prevent damage to U.S. agriculture and the economy.

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U.S. port strike threatens vital trade arteries

By Reuters September 25, 2024

Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct 1, cutting off vital trade arteries just weeks ahead of the nation's presidential election.

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U.S. grocer Kroger wins dismissal of ‘farm fresh’ egg lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters August 7, 2024

Kroger, one of the largest U.S. grocers, won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers by using the familiar "farm fresh" label to describe eggs that came from caged hens in industrial settings.

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U.S. shuns free trade agreements

Senators rake the U.S. Trade Representative over the coals for the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda

By Sean Pratt May 1, 2024

Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another. 

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Move away from AM radio alarms U.S. farm broadcasters

Many electric vehicle manufacturers have removed AM radio because of electromagnetic interference

April 5, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – American farm broadcasters are enlisting help in their battle to keep AM radios in electric vehicles. Carah Hart, president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), recently asked the nation’s corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers to support the AM in Every Vehicles Act. Why it matters: AM radio is still […] Read more

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Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

Agriculture groups urge White House to avert U.S. East Coast port disruption

U.S. port strike threatens vital trade arteries

U.S. grocer Kroger wins dismissal of ‘farm fresh’ egg lawsuit

U.S. shuns free trade agreements

Move away from AM radio alarms U.S. farm broadcasters

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