Insights and Stories on Global Trade

Aug. 12, 2025 at 9:12 am CDT

China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a fresh escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August.

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Naveen Thukral, Reuters

Aug. 11, 2025 at 10:38 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged China to quadruple its soybean purchases ahead of a key tariff truce deadline, sending Chicago soybean prices higher, though analysts were quick to question the feasibility of any such deal.

By Chandni Shah, Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters

Aug. 7, 2025 at 10:17 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump's higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in on Thursday, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a century and leaving major trade partners such as Switzerland, Brazil and India hurriedly searching for a better deal.

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder, Reuters

Aug. 5, 2025 at 9:35 am CDT

Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened in June to C$5.9 billion as imports grew faster than exports due to a one-time high-value oil equipment import, data showed on Tuesday.

By Promit Mukherjee, Reuters

Jul. 28, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

Despite criticisms of Canadian dairy policy, the American dairy industry has many of the same protectionist tendencies Canada does, writes Al Mussell in a new policy paper.

By Jonah Grignon