Insights and Stories on NAFTA

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

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

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:01 pm CST

By Fathin Ungku

U.S. milk producers ask government for more aid, citing $1 bln tariff impact

Oct. 25, 2018 at 12:33 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk

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 producers ‘deeply disappointed’ by USMCA deal

Oct. 5, 2018 at 3:40 pm CDT

Canadian dairy producers say they’ve been thrown under the bus in order for Canada to be part of the new United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. Piere Lampron, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, says it’s an especially bitter pill to swallow considering Prime Minister Justin […]

By Alex Binkley

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

Oct. 2, 2018 at 9:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries, trade experts said on Tuesday. The provision specifies that if […]

By David Lawder

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

Oct. 2, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday and dubbed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

Oct. 1, 2018 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest prices since April on Monday after the U.S., Canada and Mexico said they struck a deal on a trilateral trade pact. News of the agreement, reached over the weekend, eased concerns that the United States would […]

By Tom Polansek