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U.S. now seeking end to supply management in NAFTA talks

Oct. 16, 2017 at 4:21 pm CDT

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — U.S. negotiators at talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement want Canada to dismantle its system of protections for the dairy and poultry sectors — a move Ottawa will reject, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday. The proposal is the […]

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

Oct. 16, 2017 at 8:57 am CDT

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Bunge shares jump on report of Glencore standstill agreement

Oct. 13, 2017 at 4:01 pm CDT

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U.S. makes NAFTA dairy proposal, no market access request

Oct. 13, 2017 at 3:16 pm CDT

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Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

Oct. 10, 2017 at 7:33 pm CDT

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JBS owners ‘profited’ from inside information, Brazil police say

Oct. 10, 2017 at 7:23 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s police investigation into insider trading by the owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA has found that they made a profit by taking financial positions before details of their plea bargain deal with prosecutors became public, the head of the probe said Tuesday. Police […]

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K+S to pool salt, potash units amid overhaul

Oct. 9, 2017 at 3:31 am CDT

Berlin | Reuters — German minerals miner K+S plans to integrate its salt and potash units as part of a strategic overhaul, it said on Monday as it set itself a new profit target for 2030. K+S, the world’s largest salt producer and the fifth-largest seller of potash, is grappling […]

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Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

Oct. 5, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Health experts from European Union countries are expected to discuss whether or not to extend the licence for herbicide glyphosate at a meeting starting on Thursday, but will only vote on the issue later this year. The EU has been debating for two years whether to […]

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Nova Scotia to help black residents get land titles

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:37 pm CDT

London | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Historic black communities in Nova Scotia will be given funds to establish legal ownership of land where they have lived for generations, the government said, in a drive to solve what critics call a case of long-running discrimination. The provincial government will spend $2.7 […]

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Brazil’s Supreme Court won’t release JBS brothers

Sep. 22, 2017 at 8:43 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes on Friday denied a request to release from jail Joesley and Wesley Batista, the brothers who control the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA. The Batistas’ defense challenged the detention of the brothers after their arrest last week by federal […]

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