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Canadian dairy producers were told money has been earmarked but specifics are yet to be announced.
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Canada’s dairy sector still waiting for compensation details

Feds had promised to say by end of June how they would compensate supply managed farmers for loss of market

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Glacier FarmMedia – Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau made a brief stop at Dairy Farmers of Canada annual meeting in Saskatoon recently, where she spoke with Canadian dairy producers and announced an $11.4 million federal contribution to the Canadian dairy research cluster. However, she failed to deliver the information that Canadian dairy farmers have been […] Read more
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U.S., Canada, 14 others slam EU farm product regulation at WTO

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Geneva | Reuters — The United States and 15 other countries launched a broadside of criticism at the European Union on Thursday, saying its “hazard-based” approach to regulating pesticides and other “critical tools” used by farmers was damaging livelihoods worldwide. Their statement, submitted to the World Trade Organization, said the EU’s approach created great uncertainty […] Read more
Canada’s active role is recognized in the term “the Ottawa Group,” which refers to countries committed to preserving and improving the WTO.
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Ag-exporters support Canada’s drive to revive the WTO

Rules-based trade is critical for agri-food sector: CAFTA

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Canada’s agricultural exporters are praising the federal government for heading the drive to revive the World Trade Organization. “We are pleased to see (International Trade Diversification) Minister (Jim) Carr leading important discussions to maintain and modernize our multilateral trading system,” said Brian Innes, the president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, recognizing work happening during […] Read more
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U.S. wins WTO ruling on Chinese grains

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Geneva | Reuters — The United States won a World Trade Organization ruling on China’s price support for grains, successfully challenging a calculation methodology that is also used by India. A WTO adjudication panel agreed on Thursday with the U.S. complaint that China had paid farmers too much for wheat, Indica rice and Japonica rice […] Read more
Dairy farmers have been concerned about the continued expansion of the dairy market with the signing of three trade deals which all gave up access to Canada’s dairy market.
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Easing concern about CUSMA dairy concessions

Al Mussell sees potential for some Canadian ingredients to continue crossing border

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Once the dust has settled on the ratifications of the Canada-United States-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA), access to U.S. markets for certain Canadian dairy ingredients could meet or even exceed what previously existed. At least that was the assertion made by Al Mussell, research lead at Guelph-based Agri-Food Economic Systems, during a recent dairy producer information […] Read more
The Government of Canada believes gene edited crops can help farmers produce “safe and affordable food, feed, fibres, and energy in the 21st century.”
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Canada joins group supporting gene editing

Twelve countries issued a joint statement in support of the plant breeding process

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The federal government has come out in favour of gene editing. Or, more accurately, the Government of Canada believes gene edited crops can help farmers produce “safe and affordable food, feed, fibres, and energy in the 21st century.” The quote comes from a statement released in early November and was delivered during a World Trade […] Read more
The U.S. and Canada have reached a deal to update NAFTA – renaming it the ‘United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’ – and keep it a trilateral pact with Mexico.
Livestock, News

The USMCA details: What we know

Poultry market access will continue to grow over years. Dairy exports capped

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Here’s what we know so far on details for the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal. Most of these details are from the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which has posted information about the new deal. Dairy The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement allows 3.6 per cent more American access to the Canadian dairy […] Read more
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Opinion: Trade issues in spotlight as parliamentary session begins

Capital Letters: There's no shortage of uncertainty when it comes to global trade

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As members of Parliament returned to Ottawa for the start of the fall sitting, trade is on everybody’s mind. Two of the world’s largest economies, the United States and China, are fighting an ongoing trade war and Canada finds itself caught in the middle. The U.S. is our largest trading partner. The connection between our […] Read more
Because the tariffs for supply managed products are so high, giving up a lot of tariff gives up only a little protection, whereas giving up a little TRQ gives up a lot of protection.
Markets/Business

Give up tariff, not TRQ

Economist argues there’s more damage by ceding tariff rate quota levels in trade deals than just reducing tariff

Public commentary regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations is mainly on the auto industry, as is appropriate. But another of U.S. President Donald Trump’s whipping boys is U.S. market access to Canada’s supply managed dairy and poultry industries. In the fourth round of the NAFTA discussions, the U.S. negotiators tabled a proposal to […] Read more
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Opinion: Caught in the crosshairs

Trump’s tariffs cause trouble on both sides of the border

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An escalating global trade war shows no signs of slowing down. The United States filed five separate complaints in Geneva July 16 after several countries, including Canada, imposed retaliatory tariffs against a wide range of American goods after Washington imposed an import tariff on steel and aluminum products in June. Canada imposed a $16.6 billion […] Read more

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