Insights and Stories on Global Trade

Argentine oilseed sector meets China in bid to unlock soymeal exports

Jun. 26, 2025 at 10:18 am CDT

Argentina's oilseed export chamber has met with Chinese officials and discussed at length the possibility of opening up soymeal exports for the first time.

China’s May soybean imports from Brazil jump 37.5 per cent year over year

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. and U.K. announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:27 am CDT

By Andrea Shalal Jarrett Renshaw Reuters

EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals

Jun. 4, 2025 at 9:47 am CDT

By Inti Landauro Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Russia needs action to remain world’s top wheat exporter, government official says

May. 30, 2025 at 9:35 am CDT

By Olga Popova Reuters

EU urges respect not threats as Trump pushes for 50 per cent tariff

May. 23, 2025 at 4:23 pm CDT

The European Commission urged the U.S. on Friday to bring respect, not threats, to trade talks after President Donald Trump pushed for a 50 per cent tariff on EU goods.

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

May. 22, 2025 at 9:42 am CDT

Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora

Brazil chicken exporters brace for cargo rejections amid bird flu outbreak

May. 20, 2025 at 4:18 pm CDT

Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors, said on Tuesday.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora

U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to the media at the Commodity Classic in Denver.

U.S. suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over New World screwworm

May. 12, 2025 at 9:41 am CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a measure that immediately drew opposition from Mexico.

By Reuters

BASF’s agriculture arm eyes seeds and Asia as it prepares for listing

May. 9, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

BASF's agriculture unit is aiming to expand in Asia and global seed markets as it prepares for a stock market listing in about two years, a senior executive told Reuters.

By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss Reuters