Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazil may increase exports of soybeans to China in 2026 amid lower Argentine shipments and in spite of stronger competition from U.S. farmers.
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Brazil to raise soy sales to China after record shipments in 2025, consultancy says
Trump EPA to shift at least half of waived biofuel obligations to big refiners, sources say
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Trump administration has settled on a plan that would require big oil refineries to make up for at least half of the biofuel blending volumes obligations waived in recent years under the Small Refinery Exemption program, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.
Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Law firms representing nearly 20,000 people who sued Bayer over alleged injuries from its Roundup weedkiller urged a Missouri judge to delay reviewing the German company’s proposed US$7.25 billion nationwide settlement, arguing that rushing would violate the rights of cancer patients and their families.
U.S., Canada to meet in coming weeks on trade, Greer says
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. and Canadian trade officials spoke on Wednesday and plan to meet in coming weeks, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said, adding that the Trump administration was open to their ideas on how to reach an agreement.
Canada’s Loblaw misses fourth-quarter revenue estimates
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian retailer Loblaw on Wednesday missed analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue, signaling consumers are turning cautious and more discerning in their spending pattern as tariff uncertainty hovers.
Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mosaic missed Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by a steep drop in U.S. phosphate fertilizer demand that weighed on sales volumes.
India and Canada to begin free trade talks during Carney’s visit, minister says
Reading Time: < 1 minute India hopes to start talks on a free trade agreement with Canada during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India later this week, the South Asian nation’s trade minister said on Tuesday.
New U.S. tariffs start at 10 per cent, Trump administration working to hike them to 15 per cent
Reading Time: 3 minutes The United States began collecting a temporary new 10 per cent global import tariff on Tuesday but the Trump administration was working to increase it to 15 per cent, a White House official said, sowing confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court defeat.
U.S. cattle ranchers search for feed as wildfires burn grazing lands
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pasture lands have been stripped down to a sea of sand after wildfires tore across the U.S. Plains, killing cattle and wiping out their food sources, and threatening a historically small herd already linked to rising beef prices.
OPINION: Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Canada navigates this belligerent U.S. government, a lingering question is whether this history of interwoven reciprocity is deteriorating into a complex entanglement of vulnerability.
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