Insights and Stories on WTO

Canada needs ‘reset’ on China, Scheer says

May. 7, 2019 at 3:55 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s opposition leader on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for being too soft on China and said there needs to be a “total reset” on relations with the Asian powerhouse. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer spoke amid an escalating diplomatic dispute that has followed Canada’s […]

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

Apr. 18, 2019 at 9:46 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. wins WTO ruling on Chinese grains

Mar. 1, 2019 at 9:08 am CST

By Tom Miles

Canada, U.S. to challenge India’s pulse price supports

Feb. 18, 2019 at 1:59 am CST

By GFM Staff

EU adopts post-Brexit import quotas for farm produce

Jan. 28, 2019 at 8:00 pm CST

By Reuters

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

Nov. 30, 2018 at 2:55 pm CST

Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President […]

By GFM Staff

EU clear to start talks to increase U.S. beef imports

Oct. 19, 2018 at 7:06 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries agreed on Friday to allow negotiations to start with Washington on increasing U.S. beef imports into Europe, in a move that could ease transatlantic trade tensions. The Commission, which negotiates on behalf of the 28 EU nations, said it would open formal talks […]

By Reuters

U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

Oct. 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. The United States has blocked appointments of judges to […]

By Tom Miles

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

Oct. 2, 2018 at 9:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries, trade experts said on Tuesday. The provision specifies that if […]

By David Lawder

G20 ag ministers slam protectionism, pledge WTO reforms

Jul. 28, 2018 at 6:05 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Agriculture ministers from the G20 countries criticized protectionism in a joint statement on Saturday, and vowed to reform World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, but did not detail what steps they would take to improve the food trade system. In the statement, they said they were […]

By Luc Cohen Scott Squires

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