News - Agricultural Trade

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is encouraged by International Trade Minister Ed Fast and his Chinese counterpart Minister of Commerce Chen Deming’s joint release of a study highlighting economic complementarities between the two countries.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association strongly supports Canada’s efforts to gain admission to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in an effort to reduce trade barriers for Canadian agricultural exports to Asian-Pacific countries.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is in Japan at the first-ever Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Agricultural Meeting working to strengthen trade relationships, expand market opportunities for farmers and create a more prosperous Canada.

Canada is increasing its agriculture cooperation with Mongolia with the signing of an important Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two countries.

The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture, announced a special round of bilateral technical discussions between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Colombia’s Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA).

Canada’s Agriculture Minister has announced the last of the H1N1 related bans that had halted the export of Canadian pork and live swine to China has been lifted.

Canada and Russia are creating ground-breaking new opportunities for agricultural trade and cooperation between the two countries.

A three day meeting of ministers, secretaries, commissioners and directors of agriculture from Canada, the United States and Mexico made significant progress on issues of agricultural trade relations and rural development activities, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk announced.

A new administration from the other side of the aisle brings more questions than answers in the days following the election.