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WTO chiefs past and present demand rapid reform to keep global free trade alive

Apr. 11, 2025 at 9:54 am CDT

A former World Trade Organization boss has said the future terms of global trade, rocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping protectionist tariffs, could be decided outside the 30-year-old international watchdog unless it reforms itself fast.

China expands access for Spanish pork as trade tensions with US mount

Apr. 11, 2025 at 9:50 am CDT

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U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans continue to climb on USDA numbers, tariff delays

Apr. 10, 2025 at 4:17 pm CDT

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CNH Industrial names James Nickolas as CFO

Apr. 10, 2025 at 4:11 pm CDT

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A European Union flag flies in the wind in front of the Berlaymont building, the seat of the European Commission, in Brussels.

EU pauses countermeasures after Trump’s tariff reprieve; U.S. weighing deals

Apr. 10, 2025 at 10:58 am CDT

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European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains

Apr. 10, 2025 at 10:55 am CDT

European Union soft wheat is set to benefit from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, consultancy Strategie Grains said, as it raised its output estimates for all major EU cereals this year due to improved growing conditions.

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U.S. grains: Soy surges; corn, wheat rally after Trump pauses most tariffs

Apr. 9, 2025 at 5:35 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures soared by two per cent on Wednesday while corn and wheat closed higher, rallying along with crude oil CLc1 and equity markets after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would pause the tariff increases he announced last week for most countries, even as he raised them on China.

By Julie Ingwersen Renee Hickman Reuters

Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China

Apr. 9, 2025 at 1:50 pm CDT

Canada and Mexico will be subject to the same 10 per cent tariff as many other countries, CBC reported Tuesday. The news came as U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower new tariffs on many countries, even as he raised them further on imports from China, in a sudden reversal that sent U.S. stocks sharply higher.

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025.

How are U.S. tariffs affecting American agricultural trade so far?

Apr. 9, 2025 at 11:52 am CDT

New deals could be struck with over tariffs “perhaps even by the end of the week,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Fox News on Tuesday as the country’s self-made trade war threatened markets for American farm goods.

By Geralyn Wichers Reuters

U.S. grain trader ADM appoints Cuddy as President, North America

Apr. 9, 2025 at 10:07 am CDT

U.S. grain trader Archer Daniels Midland Co has appointed Christopher Cuddy as president for North America, according to a source and an internal memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

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