Insights and Stories on China

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald speaks at the CAPI conference in Ottawa, Oct. 1

Federal agriculture minister to meet with Chinese officials, business leaders

Oct. 27, 2025 at 12:04 pm CDT

Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald is in China this week in hopes of strengthening agricultural ties between the countries.

ICE Weekly: No upside for canola if China situation continues: trader

Oct. 22, 2025 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from U.S., China

Oct. 20, 2025 at 1:12 pm CDT

By Reuters

China imports no U.S. soybeans in September for first time in seven years

Oct. 20, 2025 at 11:02 am CDT

By Reuters

Anita Anand, the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, speaks to Reuters during an interview in Mumbai, India, October 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Canada and China discuss disputes over canola and EVs, says Ottawa

Oct. 17, 2025 at 9:27 am CDT

By Reuters

Photos of the Chinese flag on the right and pile of canola seed on the left.

Carney expects to meet senior China leaders, sidesteps question on tariffs

Oct. 16, 2025 at 12:02 pm CDT

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expected to meet senior Chinese leaders soon but sidestepped a question about dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for relief from Beijing’s duties on canola.

By Reuters

China holds off on soybean purchases due to high Brazil premiums, traders say

Oct. 16, 2025 at 9:43 am CDT

China has yet to secure much of its soybean supply for December and January as high premiums for Brazilian cargoes discourage buyers.

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during lunch with Argentina’s President Javier Milei (not pictured) in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 14, 2025.

Trump mulls ending some trade ties with China, including in relation to cooking oil

Oct. 14, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Washington was considering terminating some trade ties with China, including in relation to cooking oil.

By Reuters

Heat waves are seen on an unusually warm September day as a farmer unloads his combine hopper into a waiting wagon as he harvests a soybean field in western Iowa in rural Woodbury County, Monday, September 29, 2025.

U.S. agricultural trade in a widening deficit, study shows

Oct. 10, 2025 at 3:22 pm CDT

U.S. agricultural imports now exceed exports and the deficit is expected to worsen, according to a study from the University of Illinois.

By Geralyn Wichers

Banners of U.S. President Donald Trump and President Abraham Lincoln reading "Growing America Since 1862" hang over the entrance to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

Oct. 10, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.

By Reuters

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