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Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs take effect

EU to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods, including agricultural products

Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday as prior exemptions, duty free quotas and product exclusions expired.






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Canadian government sees agriculture win in free trade agreement with Ecuador

Access for key agriculture exports gained, but not at the cost of supply management

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada's new free trade deal with Ecuador will provide preferential treatment for Canada's key agriculture exports, such as grains and oilseeds, cereals, meat, pulse crops, processed foods and "sugar-containing" products but won't allow additional access to Canada for for supply-managed products such as dairy, poultry and eggs.