Insights and Stories on Trudeau

CN strike drags on, hitting grain exports, fertilizer output

Nov. 25, 2019 at 4:37 pm CST

Ottawa/Montreal | Reuters — A prolonged strike at Canadian National Railway, the country’s largest railroad, sent further shocks through the economy on Monday with grain shipments scuttled and layoffs planned at fertilizer producers and an auto shipment terminal. As Canada’s biggest rail strike in a decade entered its seventh day, […]

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

Trump says impeachment inquiry could derail North America trade deal

Sep. 25, 2019 at 4:44 pm CDT

By Anthony Esposito Jeff Mason

Industry groups hail appointment of new China envoy

Sep. 5, 2019 at 3:27 am CDT

By David Ljunggren

Dairy farmers to get direct cash payment as trade compensation

Aug. 16, 2019 at 11:00 am CDT

By John Greig

Trudeau, China’s Xi had ‘positive’ discussions as dispute rages

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Reuters

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 10:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Federal Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen has publicly ripped the federal government’s lack of action to deal with rising barriers against Canada’s substantial ag exports to China. China halted imports of Canadian meat effective Tuesday, the latest on the list of Canadian products China has blacklisted since the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Trudeau to meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA

Jun. 17, 2019 at 5:27 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week is set to meet with Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in a bid to fast-track passage of a delayed trade deal, two congressional aides said […]

By alexandra-alper Richard Cowan

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

Jun. 14, 2019 at 9:52 am CDT

The federal government’s plan to halt Canada’s consumption of single-use plastics such as shopping bags, straws and stir sticks over the next couple of years won’t extend to farm chemical containers and grain bags. Cleanfarms, the national industry stewardship body operating waste management and recycling programs for agricultural packaging, said […]

By GFM Staff

Canada rejects idea of halting Huawei CFO’s extradition

Jun. 14, 2019 at 2:18 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday dismissed a suggestion that Ottawa block the extradition of a top executive from China’s Huawei Technologies to the United States, saying it would set a dangerous precedent. Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on U.S. fraud […]

By Reuters

Canada frets about potential Chinese crackdown on more exports

Jun. 6, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he was concerned that China could broaden its crackdown on Canada’s exports, and that he might seek a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. China has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and looks […]

By David Ljunggren Kelsey Johnson