Insights and Stories on CUSMA

Canada could be last to ratify CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Dec. 17, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match the U.S. timetable was set to fail. Trudeau’s Liberal government said from the start it wanted […]

Confluence of bullish news sends wheat futures higher

Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:05 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:44 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on trade deal hopes

Dec. 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

Dec. 10, 2019 at 1:45 pm CST

By Andrea Shalal Sharay Angulo

Freeland, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet to pin down trade deal

Dec. 9, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The Trump administration, Mexico and U.S. Democrats on Monday closed in on a deal for labour-related changes to a languishing North American trade pact that may soon allow it to proceed to a vote, as the window for passage this year quickly narrows. U.S. Trade […]

By David Lawder Sharay Angulo

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:36 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a little more work needed to be done on a new continental trade deal which has run into opposition from some U.S. Democrats over labour and environmental provisions. Officials are trying to agree on a series of tweaks […]

By Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly outlook: Impeachment process stifles markets

Nov. 20, 2019 at 2:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings have dominated headlines and stalled progress in numerous trade developments, leaving the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) starved of meaningful news. The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) has yet to be ratified by the U.S. House of Representatives. The trade pact, meant to replace […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Liberals pledge revamp of federal farm lender

Oct. 7, 2019 at 2:50 am CDT

The federal Liberals’ platform heading into the Oct. 21 election calls for an “expanded and enhanced” role for Farm Credit Canada in supporting the country’s agriculture and agrifood sectors. Platform documents released Sunday last week (Sept. 29) call for the merger of several existing federal financial and advisory services — […]

By GFM Staff

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

Jul. 22, 2019 at 5:50 am CDT

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has pledged to lay out details on trade pact compensation for supply-managed sectors before the federal election in October. The pledge comes as the federal Liberals face pressure from supply-managed sectors and the federal opposition Conservatives to deliver on compensation for access granted to the […]