Insights and Stories on China

MacAulay to visit China on trade mission to boost food exports

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lawrence MacAulay, will lead a trade mission next week to China as part of Canada’s efforts to double bilateral trade with that country and grow global agri-food exports to $75 billion by 2025. A news release distributed on Nov. 9, said, “with a population of 1.4 billion people, and a growing appetite […]

ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

Sep. 28, 2017 at 2:15 am CDT

By Karl Plume

China delays deadline for implementing food import rules

Sep. 26, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

Sep. 26, 2017 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Nate Raymond

Philippines’ Jollibee eyes deals to grow

Sep. 22, 2017 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Anshuman Daga Neil Jerome Morales

WTO panel set up on China-U.S. row on grain import quotas

Sep. 22, 2017 at 4:45 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel was set up Friday to rule on a U.S. complaint over Chinese import quotas on farm goods including wheat, rice and corn, a trade official said. The panel on tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products was automatically established […]

By Reuters

Winning at the border on trade

Sep. 8, 2017 at 10:27 am CDT

Ron Davidson calls in from a hotel room in Washington, D.C., with NAFTA on his mind. As senior vice-president of international trade and public affairs for the Canadian Meat Council, he’s no stranger to the U.S. capital. And with the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in process, […]

By Shannon VanRaes

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel on China’s grain import quotas

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The United States has requested a World Trade Organization panel be set up to investigate Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for agricultural products, the WTO said on Monday, setting up a showdown between the two largest economies. The row, which includes tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn, […]

By Reuters

China’s Cofco to partner with Growmark on U.S. grain supply

Aug. 18, 2017 at 7:15 pm CDT

Reuters — China’s state-owned Cofco International Ltd. (CIL) and U.S. farm co-operative Growmark on Friday announced a new grain supply partnership which they say will enhance links between U.S. grain production areas and global markets, including China. The partnership is the latest expansion move by CIL after it invested US$3 […]

By Reuters

China promotes livestock farming to digest corn stocks

Aug. 10, 2017 at 2:35 pm CDT

Beijing/China – China wants to turn its grain basket in the northeast into a national meat and dairy production base, said the agriculture ministry on Thursday, as part of a broader plan to create stronger demand for the region’s main crops. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia account for around […]

By Dominique Patton