Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

U.S. milk producers ask government for more aid, citing $1 bln tariff impact

Oct. 25, 2018 at 12:33 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – U.S. milk producers asked the government to increase aid payments to the industry to offset losses from foreign tariffs, saying dairy farmers have lost more than $1 billion in income since May. The administration of President Donald Trump in late May announced tariffs of 25 percent […]

CAQ taps businessman as Quebec’s new ag minister

Oct. 19, 2018 at 8:33 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Dairy producers ‘deeply disappointed’ by USMCA deal

Oct. 5, 2018 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Alex Binkley

Dairy farmers unhappy after meeting Trudeau on USMCA

Oct. 4, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Trudeau takes Quebec dairy gamble to preserve big trade deal

Oct. 2, 2018 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Allison Lampert David Ljunggren

Canada, U.S. deal saves NAFTA as trilateral pact

Oct. 1, 2018 at 2:05 am CDT

Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada forged a last-gasp deal on Sunday to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, rescuing a three-country, US$1.2 trillion open-trade zone that had been about to collapse after nearly a quarter century. In a big victory for his agenda to shake […]

By David Ljunggren Roberta Rampton

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

Canada, U.S. reach deal to update NAFTA, sources say

Sep. 30, 2018 at 9:49 pm CDT

Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada reached a deal to update NAFTA and keep it a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with agreements to boost U.S. access to Canada’s dairy market and protect Canada from possible U.S. autos tariffs, two Canadian sources with direct knowledge […]

By David Ljunggren Roberta Rampton

Canada sticks to plan to stay at NAFTA talks despite Trump attack

Sep. 27, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism that talks to modernize NAFTA were moving too slowly and made clear it had to keep negotiating as long as there was a chance of success. The prospects for a quick deal to update the North […]

By David Ljunggren

Trump slams Canada over NAFTA, says rejected Trudeau meeting

Sep. 26, 2018 at 4:17 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted Canada over the slow pace of talks over NAFTA, saying he was so unhappy that he had rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request for a one-on-one meeting. The remarks by Trump, who repeated a threat to impose […]

By David Lawder

Canada not making concessions needed for NAFTA deal, says U.S.

Sep. 25, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Canada is not making concessions needed to reach a deal with the U.S. for a trilateral NAFTA pact and is running out of time before Washington proceeds with a Mexico-only agreement, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. The administration of President Donald Trump has […]