Insights and Stories on CPTPP

China calls for overhaul of farm subsidy rules under WTO

Oct. 28, 2021 at 5:21 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters – China on Thursday called for the removal of “enormous” farm subsidies in some developed countries as part of Beijing’s push for reform of the World Trade Organization. “There are very unfair rules in the agriculture sector, and enormous subsidies some developed country members are entitled to, that severely […]

Britain, New Zealand strike free trade deal

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Reuters

Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade pact week after China

Sep. 22, 2021 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Reuters

China applies to join Trans-Pacific trade pact

Sep. 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Reuters

Britain begins negotiations to join Trans-Pacific pact

Jun. 21, 2021 at 9:51 pm CDT

By William James

Canada, Indonesia launch trade pact talks

Jun. 21, 2021 at 9:20 pm CDT

Canada has formally declared it will start negotiations this year on a trade pact with Indonesia, a move ag exporters hope will stabilize and strengthen their market access to the Asia-Pacific region. Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng and her Indonesian counterpart Muhammad Lutfi on Sunday declared the launch of negotiations […]

By GFM Staff

Trans-Pacific trade partners agree for U.K. to start joining process

Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:28 am CDT

Tokyo | Reuters — Member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Wednesday officially agreed to allow the United Kingdom to start the process of joining the pact, Japan’s economy minister said. Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters he welcomed the start of Britain’s […]

By Reuters

Feather sector’s on-farm upgrade program underway

May. 31, 2021 at 8:39 pm CDT

The federal free trade compensation program to help Canada’s poultry and egg producers pay for on-farm upgrades, renovations and improvements is now taking applications. The $646.8 million, 10-year Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program (PEFIP) is now formally underway, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Monday. Each eligible Canadian producer is […]

By Dave Bedard

Compensation programs hatched for feather sectors

Apr. 14, 2021 at 3:56 am CDT

Long-awaited programs to make up for market share lost to imports under the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact are set to roll out to Canada’s chicken, egg and turkey farmers. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and caucus colleagues on Tuesday announced the specific contents of her previously-pledged $691 million, 10-year compensation funding […]

By Dave Bedard

U.K. to ask to join Trans-Pacific trading bloc ‘shortly’

Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm CST

London | Reuters — Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Since deciding to leave the European Union, a process it completed at the end of 2020, Britain has been seeking […]

By William James

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