Insights and Stories on Tariffs

Trump threatens John Deere with 200 per cent tariffs if production moves to Mexico

Sep. 23, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would slap a 200 per cent tariff on John Deere's imports into the United States if the agricultural equipment company moved production to Mexico as planned.

EU challenges China’s dairy product probe at WTO

Sep. 23, 2024 at 9:27 am CDT

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

China’s carrot-and-stick tactics on EU nations start to pay off

Sep. 13, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

By Ellen Zhang Joe Cash Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Chinese tariffs not expected to stop canola flow

Sep. 9, 2024 at 12:33 pm CDT

China begins anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola

Sep. 9, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

By Reuters

ICE Weekly: Canola market suddenly in a very bad position

Sep. 4, 2024 at 4:11 pm CDT

China caused a great deal of turmoil in the canola market on Sept. 3, leading prices to tumble on the Intercontinental Exchange. To senior market analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm, China dramatically changed canola’s outlook in fell swoop. The Chinese government announced that it was launching an investigation into alleged […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China hits Canada with anti-dumping probe on canola imports in response to EV tariffs

Sep. 3, 2024 at 9:30 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – China said on Tuesday it plans to start an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada, after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, lifting prices of domestic rapeseed oil futures to a one-month peak. Canada has followed the lead of the United States […]

By Mei Mei Chu

EV tariffs raise Chinese retaliation worries

Aug. 30, 2024 at 3:38 pm CDT

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance is closely monitoring China’s response to a new round of Canadian tariffs. The fear is that China may respond with retaliatory tariffs or other trade-restricting measures applied to some Canadian agri-food exports.

By Sean Pratt

Explainer: China’s probes on EU products following EV tariffs

Aug. 29, 2024 at 9:49 am CDT

China has opened an anti-subsidy probe into imported dairy products from the European Union, stepping up tension with the bloc a day after Brussels released its revised draft decision related to tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.

By Mei Mei Chu Nigel Hunt Reuters

Tariffs on Chinese EVs prompt canola worries

Aug. 27, 2024 at 9:08 am CDT

Some people are wondering if canola could once again be in China’s crosshairs if the country retaliates against a series of new punitive tariffs announced by Canada on Monday.