Insights and Stories on Global Trade

WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes, with global trade at ‘critical juncture’

Feb. 26, 2024 at 4:31 pm CST

Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but its chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and delegates sought to curb expectations.

MacAulay opens Indo-Pacific ag office

Feb. 21, 2024 at 11:54 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Ukraine to punish firms for violating farm exports rules to Eastern Europe

Jan. 29, 2024 at 9:31 am CST

By Reuters

Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests

Jan. 25, 2024 at 5:31 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Britain pauses talks on Canada free trade deal over agriculture

Jan. 25, 2024 at 5:15 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Reuters

Houthi attack on dry bulk ship to boost grain diversions

Jan. 16, 2024 at 10:18 am CST

An attack on a dry bulk carrier this week in the Red Sea region is set to lead to more diversions of grain cargoes around the Cape of Good Hope but most are still willing to risk using the Suez Canal for now, shipping sources said on Tuesday.

By Reuters

Port grain facilities at Constanta, Romania.

Romanian farmers, truck drivers protest near border with Ukraine

Jan. 15, 2024 at 1:36 pm CST

Bucharest | Reuters -- Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers protested near border crossings with Ukraine and near large cities across the country on Monday amid ongoing negotiations with the government over high business costs.

By Reuters

Brazil’s soybean harvest kicks off with low yields in Mato Grosso

Jan. 8, 2024 at 10:49 am CST

Brazilian soybean farmers have begun to reap their 2023/24 soybean crop, covering some 0.6 per cent of the national planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday.

By Ana Mano Reuters

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Dec. 21, 2023 at 11:42 am CST

China, the world's top buyer of soy and corn, will push for higher grain yields across large areas of farmland as it seeks to ensure food security for its huge population, state media reported on Wednesday, citing an annual rural policy meeting.

By Reuters

Argentina’s Milei to seek 15 per cent export tax hike on some grains: source

Dec. 13, 2023 at 2:33 pm CST

Argentina's new government of libertarian President Javier Milei will seek to raise export taxes to 15 per cent on some grains, though that would not impact tariffs on soy, an industry source told Reuters on Wednesday.

By Maxmilian Heath Reuters