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China blocks Lithuanian beef, dairy, beer as Taiwan row grows

Feb. 10, 2022 at 7:09 pm CST

Beijing/Vilnius | Reuters — China suspended imports of beef, dairy and beer from Lithuania this week, Lithuania’s veterinary control agency said on Thursday, amid a growing trade dispute over the Baltic nation’s relations with Taiwan. China’s General Administration of Customs had informed the country it was halting the exports due […]

More government action likely as border blockades hit trade

Feb. 10, 2022 at 11:50 am CST

By David Shepardson Ismail Shakil

Canada, U.S. fear economic damage from border crossing protest

Feb. 9, 2022 at 4:37 pm CST

By Blair Gable Carlos Osorio Jarrett Renshaw

Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts

Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

By Julie Gordon Rod Nickel

Pandemic protestors block Windsor border crossing

Feb. 8, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Ismail Shakil

AgriRecovery underway for flood-battered B.C. farms

Feb. 7, 2022 at 8:07 pm CST

The federal and British Columbia governments’ response to last fall’s destructive flooding now includes what’s said to be the biggest farm disaster recovery package in the province’s history. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and her federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced cost-shared funding of $228 million for the Canada-B.C. […]

By Dave Bedard

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:25 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a […]

By Reuters

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

Larissa | Reuters — Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures as inadequate and demanding more help to cope with rising prices. The farmers parked tractors on a national highway near the town of Larissa in central Greece, […]

By Alexandros Avramidis

Canada rules out use of troops against truck blockade

Feb. 3, 2022 at 6:25 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government will not use troops against protestors whose nearly week-long demonstration against coronavirus vaccine mandates has brought traffic in central Ottawa to a halt, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. More than 200 trucks and other vehicles have been blockading downtown roads in the […]

By David Ljunggren

Vaccine protest jams southern Alberta border crossing

Jan. 31, 2022 at 2:41 am CST

UPDATED, Jan. 31 — A major supply chain corridor between Alberta and the U.S. remained blockaded through into Sunday evening by vehicles in protest of mandates requiring foreign truckers entering Canada and the U.S. to be vaccinated. The protest on Highway 4 at the Coutts, Alta. border crossing, about 100 […]

By Dave Bedard