Source: Reuters News Service, September 6, 2019 OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Canada, locked in a major dispute with Beijing, is taking the first formal step at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s decision to block Canadian canola exports, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Friday. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top… Continue reading Canada taking first formal step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban
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Trump tweets China mixed with fair weather cuts prices
Source: Michael Raine, Producer.com, July 30, 2019 With the exceptions of feeder cattle and crude oil all of the home-grown, traded-agriculture-commodities in North America went into red figures as the market gave up some of its recent gains. Weather news, suggesting mild and dry conditions for the American corn belt and improving crop-condition reports from… Continue reading Trump tweets China mixed with fair weather cuts prices
Statistics Canada reports merchandise $762M trade surplus in May
Source: The Canadian Press, July 3, 2019 OTTAWA — Canada posted its first trade surplus since last summer in May as the auto sector helped boost exports to a record level and the economy continued to show signs of rebounding. Statistics Canada said Wednesday a jump in exports helped the economy to a $762-million international merchandise… Continue reading Statistics Canada reports merchandise $762M trade surplus in May
What is ractopamine, the drug at the centre of the China-Canada meat dispute?
Source: CTV News, June 26, 2019 China has demanded that Canada suspend all meat exports after Chinese officials said they found traces of an additive banned in their country in a batch of pork products. China’s decision is a bombshell for the Canadian meat industry, which exports hundreds of millions of dollars of meat products… Continue reading What is ractopamine, the drug at the centre of the China-Canada meat dispute?
Trudeau at G20: PM seeks support from allies amid China-Canada tensions
Source: Kristy Kirkup, The Canadian Press, June 27, 2019 OSAKA, Japan — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Osaka, Japan for the G20 leaders’ summit, where he will look to raise the issue of two Canadians held in China at “every opportunity.” Trudeau has no meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the summit to… Continue reading Trudeau at G20: PM seeks support from allies amid China-Canada tensions
Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
Source: John Flesher, The Associated Press, June 7, 2019 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it will go to court after failing to strike a deal with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that connects Lakes Huron and Michigan. The Canadian company said it will ask… Continue reading Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
China ‘inventing excuses’ to block shipments of Canadian canola, Trudeau says
Source: The Canadian Press, June 7, 2019 PARIS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China is “inventing excuses” to block imports of Canadian canola. Speaking at a press conference Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trudeau used his toughest language yet over the Chinese government’s decision to reject Canadian canola on the grounds that inspectors… Continue reading China ‘inventing excuses’ to block shipments of Canadian canola, Trudeau says
Sask., Alberta trade ministers travel to Asia with federal counterpart amid Chinese canola spat
Source: Adam Hunter, CBC News, June 4, 2019 Provincial trade ministers and federal Trade Minister Jim Carr are in Japan and South Korea this week Amid a trade dispute with China involving Canadian canola, Saskatchewan’s trade minister is in Asia this week in an effort to strengthen the province’s exports in the region. Jeremy Harrison is accompanying… Continue reading Sask., Alberta trade ministers travel to Asia with federal counterpart amid Chinese canola spat
Chinese ag investment: changing the game
Source: Analysis Robert Arnason, Producer.com, May 16, 2019 Foreign companies own a large chunk of Western Canada’s agri-food industry. A Swiss firm, Glencore, owns Viterra, one of the largest grain handlers on the Prairies. An American company, Cargill, owns a major beef processing plant in High River, Alta. Brazil’s JBS owns the beef processing plant in… Continue reading Chinese ag investment: changing the game
Canola growers caught in middle as Canada-China relations sour
Source: David Common and Melissa Mancini, CBC News, May 15, 2019 Chinese crop boycott means hard times for Canada’s massive canola industry Toban Dyck picked the right crops this year — by accident. Instead of seeding canola, the Winkler, Man., farmer is seeding wheat and soybeans. The pick was purely coincidental — he didn’t know when he… Continue reading Canola growers caught in middle as Canada-China relations sour