Trade is the number one concern affecting all sectors, as reflected by ag organizations’ wish lists for this federal election. | File photoCanadian farm organizations provided lists of topics they hope will get attention during the federal election. Support for tariff-free access to export markets, investment in public plant breeding, cost-shared premiums for livestock price insurance, and maintaining rules-based trade are among the issues these groups want championed. | File photo

Loss of markets overshadows federal election campaign

Farm organizations say rules-based, predictable trade environments are at the top of their wish lists for the next government

Reading Time: 4 minutes Ending tariffs, or preventing any new tariffs, overshadows all other issues so far in this federal election campaign. Trade is the number one concern affecting all sectors.












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France pushes for farming ’emergency brake’ in Mercosur deal

Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite previous reservations, France held a meeting with 10 EU countries to discuss a possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur bloc, a day after the United States unleashed a global trade war, signalling it may be a way for the bloc to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on European exports.



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