Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada aims to establish duty-free access for up to 95 per cent of its exports to Indonesia over the next eight to 12 months, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said, after signing a trade agreement with one of Southeast Asia’s biggest markets and a major importer of Canadian wheat.
Canada to boost Indonesia exports to diversify non-U.S. trade, says minister
Canada, Mexico announce new partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada and Mexico announced a new partnership between the two countries intended to strengthen economic and security ties.
Beijing urges top hog producers to cut output, state media says
Reading Time: < 1 minute China has called on its top hog producers to “take the lead” in cutting output, state-run Shanghai Securities News reported on Thursday, as the country battles a supply glut and sluggish consumer demand in its massive pork sector.
Asia millers buy more U.S. wheat on competitive prices, Black Sea delays
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flour millers in Asia have ramped up imports of U.S. wheat in recent weeks, driven by competitive prices from American suppliers and delays in shipments from the Black Sea.
China delays final ruling in canola dispute with top supplier Canada
Analyst suggests deal could resolve tariffs on vehicles and metals
Reading Time: 2 minutes China on Friday prolonged its probe into Canadian canola imports, buying six more months for negotiations that could ease a year-long trade dispute sparked by Ottawa's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say
China has yet to book US soybean imports for fourth quarter
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on.
Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen at 21.8 million tons, corn at 28 million-29 million says farm union
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine’s 2025 wheat harvest is forecast at a maximum of 21.8 million metric tons, down from 22.7 million tons in 2024, the UAC farmers’ union said on Wednesday, slightly raising its outlook for this year’s corn crop.
China says ‘rampant’ U.S. protectionism threatens agricultural ties
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. protectionism is undermining agricultural cooperation with China, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said, warning that farmers should not bear the price of the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Brazil in talks with Canada to revive Mercosur trade deal
Broad push to diversify trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brazil is engaged in a "constructive dialogue" with Canada to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement between South America's Mercosur bloc and Ottawa, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary said.
China slaps anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola
Reading Time: 3 minutes China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a fresh escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August.
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