To say that federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay received a warm welcome when he visited the World Pork Expo and the Midwest would be an understatement. At the giant pig farming show and in the Iowa capital of Des Moines, he was able to meet with heads of America’s main hog farming and […] Read more
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‘We feel betrayed’
OTTAWA — A senior American agricultural policy leader is cautioning Canadian farmers to expect the dairy dispute to rise again soon. “Watch out on dairy. I think that’s real,” Ted McKinney, a former undersecretary at U.S. Department of Agriculture, a former Indiana minister of agriculture and currently chief executive officer of the National Association of […] Read more
Surviving more Trump would require relationship building
OTTAWA — Keep your head down and hope he picks on somebody else. That’s how you could sum up the advice from Ted McKinney, who heads the U.S. association of state agriculture departments, when he was talking with Canadian ag folks about how Canada could deal with another term for former president Donald Trump in […] Read more
Canadian agricultural exports to U.S. surpass imports
SASKATOON — Canada has built a sizable agricultural trade balance surplus with the United States. The balance totalled $18.3 billion in 2022, up from $1.8 billion in 1993. “While the trade balance has fluctuated over the past 30 years, Canada consistently maintained a positive trade balance with the U.S. when it comes to agriculture, agri-food […] Read more
U.S. maintains pressure on Canadian dairy policies
Government and industry claim Canada isn’t providing fair market access to American dairy products as required under the USMCA
The United States has asked the Canadian government, again, for formal consultations over Canada’s policies on dairy imports. That could lead to a second dispute resolution panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. If that process leads to a favourable ruling for the U.S. and Canada doesn’t comply with its USMCA obligations, the American dairy industry […] Read more
What special relationship? Canada grimaces amid hail of U.S. trade blows
OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) – After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a cordial first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in February, marking an end to years of battles with the Trump administration, a relieved Canadian official said, “We feel we are off to the races here.” But old trade disputes that flared up during […] Read more
China falls short of U.S. trade commitments
China fell far short of its commitment to purchase US$36.6 billion of agricultural products from the United States in 2020. Actual purchases amounted to $23.5 billion, according to statistics compiled by the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The commitment was part of the two-year Phase 1 Agreement that former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration negotiated […] Read more
U.S. ag negotiator convinced China on board
The official who negotiated the Phase 1 trade deal calls Chinese compliance with the agreement’s targets a ‘no-brainer’
There is still plenty of skepticism about China meeting its Phase 1 commitments in 2020, but not for the man who negotiated the trade deal. The pact calls for an increase in China’s annual agricultural imports to US$40 billion in 2020 and 2021, up from the previous high of $24 billion in 2017. That 2020 […] Read more
Farmers can ‘relax, breathe deeply’
TORONTO — The United States doesn’t see big problems with U.S.-Canada agricultural trade, said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. But there are issues it wants to resolve. “I think there are just a very few issues that we’ll have on the table regarding agricultural issues with Canada, that I believe we can resolve with […] Read more
Bean importers nervous as Trump takes on Mexico
Some experts say the tariff threat is prompting Mexico to buy more Canadian beans, but analyst says it is simply due to a shortage
A dry bean trader says Mexican buyers are anxious about a potential supply disruption if verbal sparring with the United States erupts into a full-fledged trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating slapping a 20 percent tariff on all Mexican goods crossing the border to pay for a wall he wants to build to […] Read more
