Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this week Heath MacDonald, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué, met to discuss bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation and trade ties between the two countries.
Canada, Mexico look beyond U.S. as agri-food trade pact expands
Canadian agriculture minister MacDonald headed to Mexico
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Heath MacDonald, will lead a ministerial mission to Mexico next week, Oct. 14-17.
Arlene Dickinson says recent trip to Asia opened her eyes to new trade opportunities
Reading Time: 3 minutes Arlene Dickinson says Canada must take up decades-old suggestions to support the agriculture and food sectors
Canada could diversify $12 billion in farm and food exports away from U.S. says FCC
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada could move $12 billion worth of food and beverage exports to non-U.S. markets according to a new report from Farm Credit Canada.
China snaps up Australian canola after trade spat with Canada, sources say
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese state trading firm COFCO has bought up to nine 60,000-metric-ton cargoes of Australian canola, three trade sources told Reuters, after Beijing last month imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on imports of the oilseed from traditional supplier Canada.
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.
USDA considering economic aid for farmers this fall, says secretary
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with Congress to evaluate whether economic aid might be needed for the nation’s farmers this fall amid trade disputes and record-high yields, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Monday.
Parties unitedly condemn China tariffs on Canadian canola
China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government
Reading Time: 6 minutes China's 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called 'unjustified' spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada's Liberal government.
India’s Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions
Urges self-reliance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with Washington.
Chinese anti-dumping duties shut market to Canadian canola
With diminished supplies a pull-back of exports was already expected analysts say
Reading Time: 3 minutes China has effectively shut the door on purchases of Canadian canola by announcing a preliminary anti-dumping duty of 75.8 per cent on imports of the oilseed to start on Thursday, Aug. 14.
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