U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, tariffs among policies subject to change under the Republicans OTTAWA — A second term for former U.S. president Donald Trump could mean increased competition and shifting trade priorities for Canadian agriculture, say industry leaders and experts. Trump’s pledges to boost competitiveness and renegotiate the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) as well as the […] Read more
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Trump’s deportation plan would gut American ag labour force
Nearly 45 percent of all agricultural workers in the United States — 950,000 of an estimated 2.2 million farm workers — are “unauthorized” migrants working illegally on American farms and ranches. All would be deported under the plan former President Donald Trump has been trumpeting since before securing the Republican nomination for president last month. […] Read more
Trump trade threats a global concern
Importers and exporters around the world are uneasily analyzing what a 10 per cent tariff, or other border measures likely in a second Donald Trump U.S. presidential term, could mean for trade. “Europeans are deeply concerned,” said Brussels, Belgium-based U.S. consultant and canola trade expert Angela Dansby. “Trump has made steps toward all the threats […] Read more
Look back at Aug. 1, 2019, issue
This column is part of a series that marks the Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The front page of the Aug. 1, 2019, issue was a good news-bad news scenario. The good news was in a story about Alberta Agriculture researchers training […] Read more
U.S.-China trade war may resume if Trump wins election
As we look toward 2024-25 markets, it would be helpful to have a crystal ball to see into the future and learn who will win the American presidential election in November. As it stands, the race is tight and the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House is possible. In the world of […] Read more
Human wild card trumps markets’ normal ebb flow
A year ago, in an attempt to outsource the first column of 2018, written to meet a pre-Christmas deadline, I turned to computer algorithms for insight. The results were poetic, but largely indecipherable. The point then was that as much as technology can provide benefits, it still takes human knowledge to make sense of the […] Read more
Dull and diligent likely to prevail over Trump trade tactics
America’s mercurial, combative, antagonistic and games-playing president fancies himself a brilliant negotiator. But I’m betting he’s going to get fleeced by Canada’s dull and diligent trade team, and so successfully that he never even realizes he’s been had. I was just in Washington, D.C., and President Donald Trump’s trade talk is still the talk-of-the-town, which […] Read more
As trade tensions mount, China soybean buyers devise contingency plans
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese buyers of soybeans, the United States’ biggest agricultural export to the country, are quietly drawing up contingency plans to ensure supplies of critical raw materials in the event of a trade war, sources said. The moves are the strongest sign yet that businesses in the world’s most populous country are growing […] Read more
Dairy producers respond to Trump’s attack on industry
Canadian dairy farmers say they won’t be cowed by criticism from other countries — or other Canadians — about their supply managed system. However, they are getting weary of being under attack. “It would be nice to not be the centre of attention,” said Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chair David Wiens. The system set up […] Read more
Trudeau urges Trump not to pull out of NAFTA
OTTAWA (Reuters) —Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw from NAFTA in a call on Wednesday, saying such a move would be counter-productive, a Canadian source familiar with the matter said today. Trudeau made the comments after Trump told him he was thinking about pulling out of the North American […] Read more
