Insights and Stories on China

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China hits Canada with anti-dumping probe on canola imports in response to EV tariffs

Sep. 3, 2024 at 9:30 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – China said on Tuesday it plans to start an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada, after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, lifting prices of domestic rapeseed oil futures to a one-month peak. Canada has followed the lead of the United States […]

EV tariffs raise Chinese retaliation worries

Aug. 30, 2024 at 3:38 pm CDT

By Sean Pratt

Pressure on farm income could push input prices down says FCC economist

Aug. 29, 2024 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Explainer: China’s probes on EU products following EV tariffs

Aug. 29, 2024 at 9:49 am CDT

By Mei Mei Chu Nigel Hunt Reuters

Tariffs on Chinese EVs prompt canola worries

Aug. 27, 2024 at 9:08 am CDT

By Sean Pratt

Explainer: China widens probe of EU imports

Aug. 22, 2024 at 10:33 am CDT

China has widened its investigation into imported EU products, adding an anti-subsidy probe of cheese, milk and cream to anti-dumping checks on pork and brandy.

By Joe Cash Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Russian pork producers target EU’s share of China’s pork market

Aug. 19, 2024 at 2:15 pm CDT

Russian pork producers are aiming to capture ten per cent of China's pork import market in the coming years from a standing start, seeking to take advantage of trade tensions between the European Union and China, the world's biggest pork consumer.

By Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski Reuters

Trump’s trade threats a global concern

Aug. 7, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

Importers and exporters around the world are uneasily analyzing what a 10 per cent tariff, or other border measures likely in a second Donald Trump U.S. presidential term, could mean for trade.

By Ed White

China shuts cattle farm after anthrax outbreak, five human infections

Aug. 6, 2024 at 9:39 am CDT

China's eastern Shandong province reported five people were infected with anthrax and a beef cattle farm was shut after an outbreak was discovered in the agricultural province.

By Reuters

China singles out Danish, Dutch, Spanish firms in anti-dumping probe

Jul. 18, 2024 at 10:12 am CDT

China on Thursday named Danish Crown A/S, as well as Dutch and Spanish pork firms as targets in an anti-dumping probe into European Union pork imports, as Beijing steps up pressure against the bloc's curbs on its electric vehicle exports.

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters