Insights and Stories on WTO

EU lawmakers clear U.S. beef imports but fault U.S. tariffs

Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:03 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — European Union lawmakers approved an increase in U.S. beef imports to the EU on Thursday, a move likely to ease transatlantic tensions. But they also criticized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on metal imports and a threat he has made to target EU cars […]

U.S. set to widen trade war on EU front

Oct. 2, 2019 at 7:24 pm CDT

By David Shepardson philip-blenkinsop Tim Hepher

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Maximilian Heath

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

Sep. 6, 2019 at 7:05 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

U.S., Canada, 14 others slam EU farm product regulation at WTO

Jul. 4, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Tom Miles

Rookie U.S. House Democrats call for COOL revival

Jun. 29, 2019 at 1:16 am CDT

Several new members of the U.S. House of Representatives who’ve pressed for stronger language on labour and environmental standards in the revised North American free trade deal now also want it to include country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on meat. A letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, dated Tuesday and signed […]

By GFM Staff

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

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

Jun. 17, 2019 at 4:12 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep […]

By Tom Miles

Trump simplifies reviews of genetically modified farm products

Jun. 11, 2019 at 8:13 pm CDT

Council Bluffs | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to streamline the review process for agricultural biotechnology including genetically modified livestock and seeds. Trump signed the order during a visit to an ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The executive order, […]

By Reuters Roberta Rampton

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

May. 8, 2019 at 8:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There wasn’t much available to sustain a bounce in canola prices, from where David Derwin sits. “It’s really tough to say. We had canola drop so much over the last couple of months and sometimes it’s ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact,’” said Derwin, a commodities portfolio manager […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm