Insights and Stories on China

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

Beijing urges top hog producers to cut output, state media says

Sep. 18, 2025 at 10:29 am CDT

China has called on its top hog producers to “take the lead” in cutting output, state-run Shanghai Securities News reported on Thursday, as the country battles a supply glut and sluggish consumer demand in its massive pork sector.

Canola Fields in Dufferin County, May 24, 2022

Vietnamese feed makers buying Canadian canola meal after China duties, sources say

Sep. 16, 2025 at 11:14 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Reuters

Scott Moe in Saskatoon International Airport ahead of trip to Ottawa, following return from China. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Moe says China trip laid ground work

Sep. 15, 2025 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe, left, and Kody Blois, parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, participate in a press conference prior to their mission to China.

Canada had constructive talks with China over canola dispute, Ottawa says

Sep. 12, 2025 at 9:11 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. misses out on billions in China soybean sales midway through peak season

Sep. 10, 2025 at 10:15 am CDT

China delays final ruling in canola dispute with top supplier Canada

Sep. 5, 2025 at 8:57 am CDT

China on Friday prolonged its probe into Canadian canola imports, buying six more months for negotiations that could ease a year-long trade dispute sparked by Ottawa's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

By Reuters

Canadian canola field between two grain bins.

Federal government to unveil promised aid for canola sector soon

Sep. 4, 2025 at 1:23 pm CDT

Canada will soon unveil a series of promised measures to help the steel and aluminum sector deal with U.S. tariffs, and will also aid canola farmers, government officials said on Thursday.

By David Ljunggren Reuters

Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute

Sep. 3, 2025 at 11:09 am CDT

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said he and other senior officials would work to resolve a dispute with China over tariffs that Beijing has imposed on canola.

By Reuters

Sunset over growing soybean plants in a field.

China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say

Aug. 29, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

China's soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on.

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

China says ‘rampant’ U.S. protectionism threatens agricultural ties

Aug. 25, 2025 at 9:57 am CDT

U.S. protectionism is undermining agricultural cooperation with China, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said, warning that farmers should not bear the price of the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

By Reuters