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Jan. 17, 2014 at 6:22 pm CST

Russia is temporarily banning the import of beef byproducts from Australia, citing the detection in shipments of a growth stimulant it prohibits and throwing into doubt exports that brought in around A$10 million (US$8.81 million) last year for Australia. The ban will be imposed from Jan. 27 and was prompted […]

By Colin Packham, Polina Devitt

Jan. 17, 2014 at 5:19 pm CST

An ambitious trade pact being negotiated among Pacific Rim nations could be concluded as soon as April, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Friday. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would cover almost 40 per cent of the global economy and create a free trade zone reaching from North America to Japan […]

Jan. 7, 2014 at 6:27 pm CST

Brazilian flour mills are importing nearly all of their wheat from the U.S. instead of Argentina, their usual supplier, due to Argentine export restrictions. Argentina regulates wheat shipments abroad in order to ensure domestic food supply, and traders in December said the government had not allowed 1.6 million tonnes of […]