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Canada launches anti-dumping investigation on U.S. renewable diesel 

Investigation unrelated to ongoing trade dispute with U.S. says Tidewater Renewables

UPDATED: March 7, 2025 – 1535 CST – SASKATOON — Trade tensions between Canada and the United States just ratcheted up another notch. “The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is initiating investigations to determine whether imports of renewable diesel from the United States are being dumped and subsidized,” the agency said […] Read more


The author writes that regardless of the outcome, China’s anti-dumping investigation is going to damage Canadian canola growers.  |  File photo

Dumping probe guaranteed to hurt

China’s investigation of Canadian canola for potential dumping came after Canada announced the upcoming 100 per cent tariff on electric vehicles and 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminium from China. It’s clear this move by China is direct retaliation. Trade tensions between countries can severely disrupt international trade. The mere threat of an […] Read more

Buckle up on policy; trade is getting bumpy

Buckle up on policy; trade is getting bumpy

Canada needs a Team Canada approach to face a decaying multilateral, rules-based trading environment, similar to how it approached the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations a few years ago. During these negotiations, Canadian officials attempted to mitigate then-President Donald Trump’s unpredictability by meeting with political and business leaders across the United States to explain the benefits of […] Read more


The Wheat Growers Association recently pointed out in a letter to the federal government the compensation that supply managed farmers receive for damage from trade deals and argued that there should be equal treatment for grain producers who could soon be facing trade-distorting tariffs resulting from China’s anti-dumping investigation into canola.  |  File photo

Canola growers want support in trade dispute

Wheat Growers Association says grain producers should get the same protection as what supply management receives


SASKATOON — Grain growers should be treated the same as dairy, egg and poultry farmers when it comes to trade upheaval, says a farm group. That was one of the main messages in a letter the Wheat Growers Association recently sent to Mary Ng, federal minister of export promotion, international trade and economic development. Related […] Read more

The author writes that the federal government’s pandering to the domestic electric vehicle industry has sacrificed Canadian canola growers.  |  File photo

Ottawa’s EV move abandons canola

Canada’s decision to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles was a predictable move. Ottawa fully anticipated retaliation, which came swiftly as China announced an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola exports. While there is no evidence of dumping, the facts are largely irrelevant in this case. China will proceed with sanctions regardless of the explanations provided […] Read more

China threat on canola unpalatable, not surprising

China threat on canola unpalatable, not surprising

The most concerning aspect of Canadian farmers caught in a trade dispute between China and Ottawa is the lack of surprise. The federal government knew China was likely to target Canadian canola exports before it placed 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and a 25 per cent surtax on imports of steel and […] Read more


China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Sept. 3 that it is initiating an anti-dumping investigation into canola seed imports from Canada. The case is reminiscent of Nov. 19, 2018, when China initiated an anti-dumping investigation into Australian barley. | File photo

China’s canola threat similar to Aussie barley experience

The big difference is that China is more reliant on Canadian canola than it was on barley shipments from Australia

SASKATOON — Canada’s canola growers could learn something from Australia’s barley farmers when it comes to the latest potential trade barrier with China. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Sept. 3 that it is initiating an anti-dumping investigation into canola seed imports from Canada. Related stories: The case is reminiscent of Nov. 19, 2018, when China […] Read more

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce recently announced it was holding off on imposing tariffs on European Union brandy imports, despite an anti-dumping investigation initiated Jan. 5 that found EU brandy could be hit. | Reuters photo

WTO case seen as new tactic for China

Making formal anti-dumping claims rather than questionable phytosanitary accusations could leave the door open to negotiations


China’s decision to use an anti-dumping claim against Canadian canola is a new approach that geopolitical and trade experts are watching closely. It’s a different tactic than in previous Canada-China canola disputes, but not a new weapon in China’s arsenal. “To some extent, I think it highlights the mirroring approach China is taking to trade […] Read more