Insights and Stories on Donald Trump

Winning at the border on trade

Sep. 8, 2017 at 10:27 am CDT

Ron Davidson calls in from a hotel room in Washington, D.C., with NAFTA on his mind. As senior vice-president of international trade and public affairs for the Canadian Meat Council, he’s no stranger to the U.S. capital. And with the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in process, […]

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

Apr. 19, 2017 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Benjamin Weir Charlotte Greenfield

Canada to Mexico on NAFTA: You might be on your own

Jan. 24, 2017 at 2:40 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot

Jan. 12, 2017 at 2:17 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Protectionism game comes with raised economic stakes: Frum

Jan. 11, 2017 at 7:29 pm CST

By Lisa Guenther

Trudeau to shuffle Dion out of foreign affairs

Jan. 9, 2017 at 7:28 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet this week and is set to move Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, who ran into political trouble last year, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. “Dion is out,” said the person, who requested anonymity […]

By David Ljunggren

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:43 pm CST

Morocco/Reuters – Almost 200 nations began work on Monday to turn promises for fighting climate change into action at a UN conference that played down threats to a 2015 global agreement if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency. At the start of two-week talks in Morocco, many delegates wore […]

By alister-doyle

Clinton campaign studying alternative to U.S. ethanol mandate

Aug. 3, 2016 at 4:08 pm CDT

Washington/San Francisco | Reuters — Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign has solicited advice from California regulators on how to revamp a federal regulation requiring biofuels such as corn-based ethanol be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply, according to campaign and state officials. The move is the clearest sign […]

By Rory Carroll Valerie Volcovici

U.S., European trade negotiators battle political headwinds

Apr. 30, 2016 at 2:47 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Facing deeply entrenched differences and political headwinds, the top negotiators trying to reach a sweeping U.S.-European free trade deal avoided agriculture, public procurement and other thorny issues in talks this week. Instead, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Daniel Mullaney and European Commission lead negotiator Ignacio Garcia […]

By David Lawder

Cruz’s Iowa victory could show Big Corn’s waning influence

Feb. 2, 2016 at 6:42 pm CST

New York | Reuters — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s victory on Monday in corn-rich Iowa could represent a major blow to the country’s controversial biofuels program, reflecting its waning influence over politicians even in the U.S. farm heartland. Cruz, a conservative senator from Texas and outspoken opponent of […]

By Chris Prentice

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