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Mexico, looking south, sees trade deal with Argentina around year’s end
20-Apr-2017 Reuters
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
18-Apr-2017 Meat Import Council of America
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)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S.: FT
11-Apr-2017 Reuters
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
10-Apr-2017 The Globe and Mail
With CETA, Canada agreed to import 18,500 tonnes of European cheeses annually by year six.
Guatemala agrees to early poultry tariff elimination
3-Apr-2017 Politico
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
30-Mar-2017 Politico
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’
29-Mar-2017 The Australian
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
28-Mar-2017 Tax-news
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
25-Mar-2017 SOL
South African poultry producers are fully justified to accuse the EU of dumping.
The subsidies to the EU exports of cereal products to West Africa in 2015 and 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The EU-West Africa’s Economic Partnership Agreement has planned to reduce to 0 the import duty on non-rice cereal imports from the European Union at the beginning of the liberalization period.
The EU28 subsidies on its exports of poultry meat and eggs to SADC in 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The SADC poultry producers are suffering heavily from the competition of imports given that poultry is the first agricultural sector and that per capita consumption is one of the highest in the world.
Australia, China to boost trade with beef making the cut
23-Mar-2017 Reuters
Australia and China are expected to sign new bilateral agreements on beef exports, energy and security.
US ranchers saddle up for trade battle with Washington
22-Mar-2017 BBC
President Trump’s promise to renegotiate Nafta and possibly place tariffs on Mexico or other US trading partners has the beef industry worried. The industry is already reeling from the loss of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
USDEC CEO to Mexico: ‘US dairy industry is fighting hard to ensure that NAFTA is here to stay’
22-Mar-2017 Dairy Reporter
Three leaders of US dairy organizations traveled to Mexico City to reaffirm their commitment to maintaining a positive trade relationship with Mexico’s dairy industry and consumers.
The subsidies to the EU exports of cereal products to SADC in 2016
21-Mar-2017 SOL
The EU’s exports to SADC of 769,493 t of raw cereals in 2016 have received €42.535 M of subsidies.
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
13-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade.
Japan hopes to leave farms out of U.S. economic talks: sources
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month.
Mercosur trade bloc agrees common position ahead of EU talks
10-Mar-2017 EurActiv
Foreign ministers of the South American Mercosur trading bloc have reached a common position ahead of negotiations with the European Union on a potential trade deal.
The little deal that could: Canada & the E.U. ink the biggest global trade-deal in two decades
10-Mar-2017 Jamie’s Food Revolution
After seven long years of negotiation fraught with controversy, the two trade blocks have cemented the ‘Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement’ – aka. CETA.