Insights and Stories on Free Trade

Pacific pact spurs Canadian ag sales to Japan as U.S. watches

Jan. 10, 2019 at 8:21 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — At the Canadian embassy in Tokyo last month, beef promoters flew in a chef from Canada to cook New York strip steaks for hungry Japanese importers and restaurant suppliers. The annual Canadian beef buffet reception attracted 126 people, up sharply from the usual 30 to 40. […]

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

Nov. 30, 2018 at 2:55 pm CST

By GFM Staff

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

U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal after last-minute brinkmanship

Nov. 30, 2018 at 9:20 am CST

By Roberta Rampton

Dairy issue nags as U.S., Canada prepare to sign trade pact

Nov. 27, 2018 at 7:58 pm CST

By Chris Prentice David Ljunggren

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:01 pm CST

By Fathin Ungku

Canadian cattle’s access to Philippines restored

Oct. 18, 2018 at 8:19 pm CDT

The regulatory path has been cleared to resume exports of live Canadian cattle to the Philippines, reopening a market worth an estimated $8 million per year. The federal government on Monday announced the resumed export clearance, along with new market access for Canadian sheep and goat genetics exports to both […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

Oct. 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate’s top Republican said on Tuesday that senators will not vote to approve a revised North American trade pact in 2018, leaving the issue to the next Congress. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told Bloomberg Television that the Senate will not have time to […]

By David Shepardson

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

Oct. 12, 2018 at 5:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Even with more certainty around trade with the U.S., Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the dollar flying in value. “It’s hard for me to see the Canadian dollar gain value against the U.S. dollar in the short term, unless the Bank of Canada totally revises its stance […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Dairy farmers unhappy after meeting Trudeau on USMCA

Oct. 4, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to discuss his politically-risky move to open up the protected domestic market to U.S. industry but complained he had not given them details about compensation. As part of the talks to complete the new United States-Mexico-Canada […]

By David Ljunggren

ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola

Oct. 3, 2018 at 7:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Wet and snowy weather now plaguing the Prairies isn’t to blame for the canola market’s recent upswing, according to one trader. “Canola’s been firm but it really hasn’t shown any reaction whatsoever to the weather; it’s going up because bean oil’s going up and it’s lagging the […]