Insights and Stories on United States

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

May. 23, 2018 at 8:15 pm CDT

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters –– China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after Beijing signalled to state-run refiners and grains purchasers they should buy more to help ease tensions between the two top economies, trade sources said on Wednesday. China pledged at […]

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

May. 21, 2018 at 1:37 am CDT

By David Lawder Ginger Gibson

Canada taking U.S. to WTO in complaint over trade remedies

Jan. 10, 2018 at 10:59 am CST

By Tom Miles

Better trade deals coming for U.S. farmers, Trump says

Jan. 8, 2018 at 8:21 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Japan to propose changes to beef import safeguards in talks with U.S.

Oct. 12, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Takashi Umekawa

China delays deadline for implementing food import rules

Sep. 26, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to delay a deadline for implementing new food import regulations by two years until October 2019, a senior EU official said on Tuesday, following a lobbying effort by Europe and the U.S. amid concerns about disruption to trade. The extension comes just days before […]

By Dominique Patton

WTO panel set up on China-U.S. row on grain import quotas

Sep. 22, 2017 at 4:45 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel was set up Friday to rule on a U.S. complaint over Chinese import quotas on farm goods including wheat, rice and corn, a trade official said. The panel on tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for agricultural products was automatically established […]

By Reuters

Winning at the border on trade

Sep. 8, 2017 at 10:27 am CDT

Ron Davidson calls in from a hotel room in Washington, D.C., with NAFTA on his mind. As senior vice-president of international trade and public affairs for the Canadian Meat Council, he’s no stranger to the U.S. capital. And with the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in process, […]

By Shannon VanRaes

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel on China’s grain import quotas

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The United States has requested a World Trade Organization panel be set up to investigate Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for agricultural products, the WTO said on Monday, setting up a showdown between the two largest economies. The row, which includes tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn, […]

By Reuters

Canada beats U.S. in pork sales to China – feet, elbows and all

Jun. 5, 2017 at 2:03 am CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — Canada has overtaken the United States as the top North American supplier of pork to China as farmers and meat packers in both nations battle for lucrative shares of the biggest global market. Canada’s pork sales to China, after a sharp rise last year, exceeded those […]

By Dominique Patton Michael Hirtzer Rod Nickel