Insights and Stories on Global Trade

Apr. 10, 2025 at 10:58 am CDT

The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty dutiesless than a day after imposing them on dozens of countries, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

By Andrea Shalal, Joe Cash, philip-blenkinsop, Reuters

Apr. 9, 2025 at 11:52 am CDT

New deals could be struck with over tariffs “perhaps even by the end of the week,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Fox News on Tuesday as the country’s self-made trade war threatened markets for American farm goods.

By Geralyn Wichers, Reuters

Apr. 8, 2025 at 9:39 am CDT

China has bought 52,000 tons of Indian rapeseed meal in the past three weeks after Chinese authorities imposed a 100 per cent retaliatory tariff on Canadian canola imports, industry sources said.

By rajendra-jadhav, Reuters

Apr. 4, 2025 at 10:14 am CDT

No new tariffs on Canadian canola products means some relief for Canadian canola farmers, though uncertainty remains, say Canada's national canola organizations.

By Jonah Grignon

Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:27 pm CDT

Despite previous reservations, France held a meeting with 10 EU countries to discuss a possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur bloc, a day after the United States unleashed a global trade war, signalling it may be a way for the bloc to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on European exports.

By Reuters