Insights and Stories on Trump

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

Jun. 1, 2018 at 4:23 am CDT

Reuters — Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of U.S. exports and challenge U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization (WTO), Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. The Canadian tariffs are set to go into […]

China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains

May. 23, 2018 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Florence Tan Hallie Gu

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

May. 21, 2018 at 8:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

China agrees to import more ag commodities, fuels from U.S.

May. 21, 2018 at 1:37 am CDT

By David Lawder Ginger Gibson

China retreats from U.S. sorghum probe amid global market havoc

May. 18, 2018 at 5:29 am CDT

By Hallie Gu Josephine Mason

U.S. pushing for NAFTA deal ahead of Thursday deadline

May. 16, 2018 at 6:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States is still pushing for a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the White House said on Wednesday, while a top Mexican official held out the possibility of an agreement in the coming weeks. President Donald Trump is committed to […]

By David Lawder Doina Chiacu

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

May. 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent on Wednesday, dropping below US$10 a bushel for the first time since April 4, on renewed fears about a trade dispute chilling demand from China, the world’s top buyer of the oilseed. Wheat futures ticked higher on short-covering, recovering […]

By Mark Weinraub

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

May. 14, 2018 at 7:53 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday that none of the contentious issues in a new NAFTA trade deal appear to have been resolved, diminishing chances of meeting a Thursday deadline to notify U.S. lawmakers of an agreement. If the notification is not sent by […]

By David Lawder

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

May. 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth […]

By Mark Weinraub

Negotiators fail to reach NAFTA deal

May. 11, 2018 at 4:20 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Senior U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials on Friday ended a week of talks without a deal to modernize NAFTA, agreeing instead to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan. The failure to secure a quick […]

By Anthony Esposito David Ljunggren

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