Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada needs a national agriculture strategy with clear priorities and results according to a new report from the Canada West Foundation.
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Canada needs an agriculture strategy to rebuild trust with producers, investors and trade partners: report
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Beijing is exploiting Trump-era uncertainty to stitch its manufacturing base into the world’s biggest economic blocs, aiming to end decades of U.S. trade leverage.
Canada’s global trade gap narrows; U.S.-bound exports hit new low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s trade deficit narrowed in December even as its share of exports to the United States dropped to the lowest level on record, barring two months during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed on Thursday.
Canada announces new chief trade negotiator to the United States
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday the appointment of public servant Janice Charette as the next chief trade negotiator to the United States for the review of the CUSMA trade agreement.
Canadian agriculture must be seen as growth sector: Blois
Reading Time: 4 minutes Agriculture must be pushed as a sector of expansion and investment opportunity in Canada said Kody Blois ahead of the Future of Food conference in Ottawa on Feb. 9.
China’s ‘No. 1 document’ pushes grain security, agri-tech innovation
Reading Time: 2 minutes China will stabilize grain and oilseed output, diversify agricultural imports and increase support for farmers, state media reported on Tuesday, citing a government rural policy blueprint aimed at ensuring food security.
Canadian beef could be headed to China by next week says Agriculture Minister
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) says the Chinese market will re-open to Canadian beef — though details are still scant.
Canada, China slash EV, canola tariffs in reset of ties
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada and China have struck an initial trade deal that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties.
U.S. unlikely to ask to dismantle supply management: trade experts
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. unlikely to ask to dismantle supply management in a CUSMA review, says Canadian trade experts, but there will likely be concessions around access and tariff rate quota administration.
China vows to stabilize grain production, increase soybean oilseed self-sufficiency
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese officials have vowed to stabilize grain production and increase soybean oilseed production capacity, readouts of agricultural policy meetings showed on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to reduce imports and ensure food security.
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