Insights and Stories on Trump

U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

Apr. 9, 2025 at 3:10 pm CDT

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump announced he will pause his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Trump said the suspension of the levies comes as more than 75 countries were set to negotiate trade with the […]

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

China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs

Feb. 5, 2025 at 12:20 pm CST

By Reuters

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat

Feb. 4, 2025 at 11:12 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Markets tumble over Trump tariffs, world leaders brace for his next moves

Feb. 3, 2025 at 8:18 am CST

By Bart H. Meijer Daphne Psaledakis David Lawder Reuters

U.S. EPA denies nearly all biofuel blending exemption petitions

Jul. 14, 2023 at 6:13 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday denied almost all outstanding petitions from oil refiners asking to be exempted from mandates that require them to mix biofuels into their fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the authority to issue the exemptions, denied 26 […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, after a U.S. court struck down a Trump-era rule that removed line speed limits. The proposal put forward by Quality […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. court tosses Trump-era rule expanding ethanol sales

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:47 pm CDT

New York | Reuters –– A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a U.S. rule put in place under former president Donald Trump to expand sales of corn-based ethanol, drawing ire from farm and biofuel groups that vowed to work to ensure that such sales continue. The U.S. Court […]

By Stephanie Kelly

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

U.S. requests CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

May. 25, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration on Tuesday escalated a simmering trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas, requesting that the first dispute settlement panel under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement be formed to review the matter. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said its complaint alleges that Canada was improperly […]

By David Lawder

USDA plans more pandemic programs for disadvantaged farmers

Mar. 24, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it will dedicate at least US$6 billion to help smaller-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers who were hurt by the pandemic, along with producers of organic food and other specialty crops. The agency said it would also increase by […]