OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta, June 16 (Reuters) – Canada looks set to approve a hotly-debated plan to expand an oil pipeline this week, people familiar with the process told Reuters, but the move is unlikely to help Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuild flagging support ahead of an October election. The Liberal government last year took the unprecedented […] Read more
Stories by David Ljunggren
Canada promises farm aid amid China canola spat, shuns calls to pull out of Beijing-led bank
OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 30 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa would soon announce help for canola farmers hurt by a China ban on imports of the oilseed but brushed off calls to pull funding for a Chinese-led investment bank. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute […] Read more
Trudeau urges some U.S. flexibility in NAFTA
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday he wanted to see flexibility from the United States if the two sides are to reach a deal on renewing NAFTA, which Washington insists must be finished by the end of the month. Ottawa is pushing back against increasing pressure by the administration of U.S. […] Read more
Canada, U.S. exchange barbs over NAFTA talks as stresses
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the United States exchanged barbs on Tuesday over sluggish negotiations to update NAFTA, reflecting mounting tensions over trade talks that appear unlikely to conclude on schedule. The talks have effectively stalled as Canada and Mexico seek to address wide-ranging U.S. demands for changes to the North American Free Trade […] Read more
Canada to face U.S. trade problems even if NAFTA is signed -Ottawa
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Trade challenges from U.S. firms will continue to cause turbulence for Canada even if talks to modernize NAFTA are successful, a senior Canadian government official said on Tuesday. Canada sends 75 percent of its goods exports to the United States and is vulnerable to what Ottawa complains is increasing U.S. protectionism […] Read more
Canada PM: doesn’t think Trump will pull U.S. out of NAFTA
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview he does not think U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of NAFTA, despite differences over how to update the trade pact, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said on Wednesday. Trudeau’s comments were among the most positive made by any Canadian official since talks […] Read more
Canada to keep revenue cap on rail grain shipments, farmers glad
OTTAWA, May 16 (Reuters) – The federal government said on Tuesday it planned to maintain a revenue cap on western grain that railways haul for export, a move farmers praised. Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway firms oppose the cap, formally known as the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE). It dates back to 2000 and […] Read more
China, Canada resolve canola-shipping dispute
OTTAWA, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Canada and China have agreed on a solution to a trade dispute over C$2 billion worth of annual canola sales, lasting to 2020, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday. The solution is “predictable, science-based and stable,” ensuring access for Canadian shipments to China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […] Read more
China raps Ottawa as dispute over Canada canola exports deepens
OTTAWA, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A dispute over Canadian canola exports to China intensified on Thursday when Beijing criticized Ottawa’s insistence that bilateral relations could not improve until the matter is settled. The situation is threatening to mar Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official visit to China next week to deepen ties between the two […] Read more
Canada says Pacific trade deal offers limited access to dairy market
OTTAWA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Canada said on Monday that a major trade deal agreed by 12 Pacific nations would only allow limited access to protected Canadian domestic dairy and poultry markets, a politically sensitive issue ahead of the Oct. 19 election. Officials said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would offer up just 3.25 percent of […] Read more
