Insights and Stories on Canada

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

Aug. 10, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate their industry: It’s not so bad. But heavily protected Canadian farmers have reason for skepticism. A deadlock over dairy has […]

U.S. House win revives Obama’s Trans-Pacific trade pact

Jun. 18, 2015 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Krista Hughes Richard Cowan

U.S. seeks arbitration at WTO over COOL-related sanctions

Jun. 17, 2015 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Staff

Colombia clears paper trail for more Canadian wheat

May. 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Greece wants Canada-EU pact changed to protect ‘feta’ name

May. 5, 2015 at 12:53 pm CDT

By robin-emmott

Eyes on election, Tories balance budget with asset sales

Apr. 21, 2015 at 5:08 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Conservative government, seeking re-election this year, delivered a federal budget Tuesday that promised a slim surplus despite the oil price crash, while offering goodies to seniors and small businesses and boosting security spending. It will mark Canada’s first surplus in eight years, accomplished with the […]

By Leah Schnurr Randall Palmer

COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

Nov. 18, 2014 at 7:57 pm CST

U.S. federal officials don’t see a way their mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation can do what it was designed to do and satisfy global trade rules at the same time. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking Monday on a U.S. Department of Agriculture podcast, said officials “do not think that there […]