WINNIPEG — The federal government has done its homework. Following his first election as president in 2016, Donald Trump demanded that Canada and Mexico renegotiate the NAFTA free trade deal. Since then, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has assembled a boatload of data explaining why free trade is beneficial for farmers and the agri-food industry on […] Read more
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VIDEO: World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges
Glacier FarmMedia – Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig is at the World Seed Congress in the Netherlands. Watch for his daily updates here and further coverage in Glacier FarmMedia’s publications and websites. The World Seed Congress is on in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a discussion of the major issues facing the seed and crops sector. Related story from this event: VIDEO: […] Read more
No fall-back deal in effect if NAFTA axed
With North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations faltering, it’s possible that the U.S. could walk away from the talks and kill the deal. Should that happen, a few observers have said the original U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement would take effect. That would lead to negotiations between Canada and the United States to up-date that deal. […] Read more
U.S. rancher backs free trade
MCVILLE, N.D. — Dan Rorvig looks like a cattleman should look. Dressed in jeans, cowboy boots, a tan vest, cowboy hat, a Lanny McDonald-style mustache and crow’s feet around his eyes, Rorvig has the appearance of a rancher from Hollywood central casting. What’s different about Rorvig, aside from his glasses, is he doesn’t have the […] Read more
Quebec’s dairy protection law has no place in modern world
In early December after years of resisting, Quebec finally changed its Food Products Act to remove a ban on the sale and production of edible oil-based products. Saskatchewan successfully challenged the law this spring under the Canadian Agreement on Internal Trade, which is designed to ease interprovincial trade barriers within Canada. To have such laws […] Read more
Canada, South Korea ratify free trade agreement
Canada, South Korea ratify free trade agreement
Canadian cattle and pork producers received an early Christmas present with the ratification of the Canada-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. The Dec. 3 ratification means Korean tariffs on Canadian beef and pork will start to reduce Jan. 1, 2015, and once again be competitive against Canadian and Australian ex-porters. The agreement means the 40 percent […] Read more
Reasons to ratify Canada-EU trade deal
Many countries are stepping up efforts to conclude new trade agreements with key commercial partners as forecasters continue to downgrade their near-term projections for the global economy. In just the past four months, the United States has announced that it wants to reach a free trade accord with the European Union, Japan has joined the […] Read more
