Insights and Stories on Trade

Mexico likely to seek more trade with Canada

Mar. 5, 2025 at 1:01 pm CST

In the face of U.S. tariffs Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, sees opportunity to grow trade between Canada and Mexico.

Pork sector worries tariffs will hit labour pool

Mar. 5, 2025 at 12:04 pm CST

By Miranda Leybourne

Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance to push for free trade despite U.S. tariffs

Mar. 4, 2025 at 2:53 pm CST

By Miranda Leybourne

Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

Mar. 4, 2025 at 9:44 am CST

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder Reuters

Disruption in trade with U.S. expected to continue for years

Feb. 28, 2025 at 3:58 pm CST

By Karen Briere

UK rules out trade deals which undercut food standards

Feb. 25, 2025 at 10:12 am CST

Britain says it will not sign trade deals with potential suppliers such as the U.S. that open the way for food imports that are produced in a way that would be illegal for the country's farmers.

By Reuters

Federal Government to remove some barriers to interprovincial trade

Feb. 21, 2025 at 3:50 pm CST

The federal government said today it will break down trade barriers between provinces by removing of 20 out of 39 exceptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

By Jonah Grignon

Former trade negotiator says Canada must find new markets

Feb. 13, 2025 at 5:09 pm CST

John Weekes stressed how important international cooperation is to beneficial trade agreements in a talk given to the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN).

By Jonah Grignon

Canadian government sees agriculture win in free trade agreement with Ecuador

Feb. 13, 2025 at 2:20 pm CST

Canada's new free trade deal with Ecuador will provide preferential treatment for Canada's key agriculture exports, such as grains and oilseeds, cereals, meat, pulse crops, processed foods and "sugar-containing" products but won't allow additional access to Canada for for supply-managed products such as dairy, poultry and eggs.

By Gord Gilmour

Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties as both regions threatened by Trump tariffs

Feb. 10, 2025 at 10:40 am CST

Canada wants to deepen its economic ties with the EU and uphold global trading rules in the face of threatened U.S. tariffs, its trade minister Mary Ng told Reuters on Saturday.

By Julia Payne philip-blenkinsop Reuters