Reading Time: 3 minutes The uncertainty caused by the on-again-off-again tariff threat has already disrupted production of some vehicles
ANALYSIS: U.S. auto sector tariffs an “own goal”
Uncertainty caused by the on-again-off-again tariff threat has already disrupted production of some vehicles
Trump administration tells oil and biofuels groups to hash out new biofuel policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked oil and biofuels producers to hash out a deal on the next phase of the nation's biofuels policy to avoid the kind of political clashes that marked his first term.
ANALYSIS: U.S. announces 25 per cent additional tariffs on autos
“Foreign-made” automobiles from all countries to be affected
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was unclear after the announcement how the tariff would be applied to the integrated North American auto sector, which builds sub-assemblies for autos in all three countries before they're added to finished vehicles.
U.S. pork begs for tariff exemption from Canada
The Canadian pork sector, meanwhile, says U.S. tariffs against Canadian pork creates similar damage to the highly integrated North American pork market
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's retaliatory tariffs threaten to hurt North American pork and hog supply chain, U.S. farm group argues.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils looking for a good crop despite slow market
Prices down amidst tariff troubles, lower demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes A healthy snowpack in Saskatchewan will provide good subsoil moisture before lentil seeding this spring, but other factors are dragging down prices.
Trump auto tariffs are coming, but not all levies will be imposed April 2
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday automobile tariffs are coming soon even as he indicated that not all of his threatened levies would be imposed on April 2 and some countries may get breaks, a move Wall Street took as a sign of flexibility on a matter that has roiled markets for weeks.
Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations
U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico have more than doubled folowing transition from NAFTA to CUSMA
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Small declines for wheat bids
Wheat prices show little movement
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most wheat prices in Western Canada during the week ended March 20, 2025 were slightly lower than those from the previous week.
ANALYSIS: Chinese anger at sale of Panama Canal ports to US investor highlights tensions between the two superpowers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Chinese anger at sale of Panama Canal ports to a U.S. investor highlights the growing rivalry between the two nations and leaves many questions as to how the relationship will develop under Donald Trump's administration
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola approaching uncertainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes As canola futures try to regain the ground lost during the week of March 10, the longer term outlook for the oilseed is very unknown, according to risk advisor and trader John De Pape of The Trading Floor.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
