Insights and Stories on TPP

Jul. 31, 2015 at 9:01 am CDT

"The U.S. was on one side of the issue, while practically every other country were on the other side."

By Ami Miyazaki, Krista Hughes

Jul. 29, 2015 at 8:51 am CDT

Lahaina, Hawaii, July 28 (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and Japan have to make concessions on dairy trade before a wider Pacific trade deal can be wrapped up, New Zealand’s agricultural trade envoy said on Tuesday. Mike Petersen, a farmer who represents the interests of New Zealand agriculture, said […]

By Krista Hughes

Jul. 23, 2015 at 3:13 pm CDT

Canada’s agriculture minister says Canada won’t negotiate in public when it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed wide-ranging free trade agreement among a group of Pacific Rim countries. Responding to questions at an unrelated event in Winnipeg last week, Agriculture and Agri-food Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Jul. 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm CDT

With foreign governments urging Canada to open up its protected dairy, poultry and egg markets, the country’s provincial agriculture ministers are unanimously counter-urging in supply management’s defense. Pressure from trading partners and strong regional support in principle for supply management are nothing new. But Canada’s annual ag ministers’ meeting, held […]

By Dave Bedard

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States, frustrated over the lack of progress with Canada over new rules for agriculture trade, is weighing “contingencies” that could include completing a Pacific Rim trade pact that excludes Canada, according to two sources familiar with the issue. One official familiar with the 12-nation […]

By Richard Cowan