ROCHESTER, Minn., (Reuters) — The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood US$145 an acre for losses related to President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just $35 an acre. Both farmers’ sales have taken heavy blows in Trump’s trade war with China. Neither understands why […] Read more
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Chinese sales boycott not a long-term disaster for canola
Do you think much about fungibility? Perhaps not always, but I suspect you’re now taking rather more than a passing interest in the academic question of how fungible Canada’s canola crop is. After all, if you’re the average prairie farmer, canola is your most consistently profitable crop and likely the key to your future success […] Read more
Meat ban not political: sector
A Chinese ban on pork and beef should not damage Canada’s international reputation as a reliable supplier of safe and high quality food, said industry officials. Falsified export certificates on a shipment of frozen pork that landed in China earlier this month caused the ban, according to the Chinese government. The product also tested positive […] Read more
Meat being smuggled into China using bogus Canadian veterinary certificates
OTTAWA, June 26 (Reuters) – Unknown actors are using bogus certificates to smuggle meat into China, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Wednesday, a day after Beijing halted beef and pork imports citing falsified paperwork. China, which has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and product from three pork plants, said on Tuesday it […] Read more
China to halt all meat imports from Canada – media report
OTTAWA, June 25 (Reuters) – China will turn away any “meat products” shipped from Canada starting on Wednesday, according to a report in Le Journal de Montreal, citing an official in the office of the Chinese consulate general in Montreal. The justification for the total block is that China said it had found a number […] Read more
Send Chretien to crack China’s coldness?
It was a nostalgic feeling last week to hear the names “Mulroney” and “Chretien” being batted around in the national news again, connected with each other. The former Prime Ministers weren’t fighting, but rather Brian Mulroney was said to be lobbying present PM Justin Trudeau to dispatch Jean Chretien to China to try to fix […] Read more
Canada says increased Chinese meat inspections are for pork only, not all meat
OTTAWA, June 5 (Reuters) – Chinese plans to boost inspections of Canadian meat imports only affect pork rather than all meat products as the federal agriculture ministry initially stated, a Canadian government official said on Wednesday. A ministry notice seen by Reuters on Tuesday said the Canadian embassy in Beijing had been told Chinese customs […] Read more
U.S. announces US$16 billion of farm assistance
Winnipeg – The United States Department of Agriculture will implement US$16 billion in programs to pay out farmers hurt by “unjustified retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods and other trade disruptions.” “China hasn’t played by the rules for a long time and President (Donald) Trump is standing up to them, sending the clear message that […] Read more
Bibeau meets Chinese minister
Canada’s agriculture minister met with her Chinese counterpart in a side meeting at the recent G20 gathering but there appears to be no break in the canola impasse. Marie-Claude Bibeau told reporters during a May 13 conference call that she expressed to minister Han Changfu her deep concern about the suspension of Canadian canola exports […] Read more
Next round of U.S. tariffs on China at least a month away – Mnuchin
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The United States is at least a month from enacting its proposed tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports as it studies the impact on consumers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday. Washington this month hiked existing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 perent, […] Read more
