agriculture | farmers | food

plus livestock, forestry, etc

Mexico, looking south, sees trade deal with Argentina around year's end
Mexico, seeking closer ties with the rest of Latin America, expects to finish negotiations on a trade deal with Argentina involving cars and agricultural products around the end of the year.
US beef producers laud Korea-US FTA
Five years into implementation, the US-Korea free trade agreement has led to an 82 percent jump in annual US beef sales to the Asian nation.
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on trade in goods (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
As released by the European Commission
China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S.: FT
China is prepared to raise the investment ceiling in the bilateral Investment treaty and is also willing to end the ban on U.S. beef imports.
As CETA looms, Canada braces for the European cheese invasion
With CETA, Canada agreed to import 18,500 tonnes of European cheeses annually by year six.
Guatemala agrees to early poultry tariff elimination
Guatemala has agreed to eliminate its 12.5 percent tariff on U.S. fresh, frozen and chilled poultry products under the U.S.-DR-CAFTA free trade agreement
Cargill chief: Don’t mess up NAFTA
Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan hopes to see out of any NAFTA renegotiation the basic principles of keeping the border open for trade
Cargill chief David MacLennan urges Australia to ‘fill TPP gap’
The chief executive of one of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies says Australia has a major opportunity to “step up and fill the gap’’ selling more food products to Asian markets.
Food retailers seek UK-EU free trade agreement
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and other food industry representative bodies have called on the UK Government to secure two-way tariff-free trade with the EU in Brexit discussions.
SOL comments to the EU delegation to SA' press release of 16 March 2017
South African poultry producers are fully justified to accuse the EU of dumping.