Politics & Science

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves $1.2 trillion in…

The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods spoke out Sunday against the U.S. government, days after an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a jetliner, killing all 176 people on board —…

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Tuesday, moving the revamped North American trade deal a step closer to a final Senate vote in the coming…

Hog futures shot to their highest prices in more than six weeks on Monday on increased optimism over trade with China, the world’s biggest pork consumer China agreed to import…

Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match…

Federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture met face-to-face for the second time this year to initiate action on a number of key proposals to improve support to Canadian…

Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold…

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is heading to Mexico City to signal Canada’s approval for more changes to the North American trade agreement by Janyce McGregor – CBC News Mexico’s…

The Trump administration and House Democrats are on the verge of announcing a handshake deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, according to people familiar with the negotiations, paving the…

U.S. President Donald Trump says his country’s legislators have to ratify the new North American free-trade deal before Mexico and Canada lose interest in finalizing it Bloomberg News He and…

Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) has announced a contribution of $100,000 over the next decade to the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) The funding partnership…

Canadian National Railway Co. and the Teamsters union both announced Tuesday they have reached a tentative agreement that ends a weeklong strike by more than 3,000 of the railway’s workers…

The Canadian Pork Council along with other agriculture and agrifood organisations signed a letter sent to Minister of Labour Tassi regarding the impact the strike between Teamsters Canada and CN…

Less than 24 hours back in the seat of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau is starting off with bang Real Agriculture Less than 24 hours back in the seat…

Restaurants Canada welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new minority government and his federal cabinet of 36 ministers sworn in today at Rideau Hal As the voice of Canada’s $89 billion…

The Canadian dollar rose to a near one-week high against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as data showed a narrowing in Canada’s trade deficit and investors became more optimistic of…

Canadian pork producers are pleased that the issues preventing the export of pork products to China have been resolved. The market is an important one for producers that has been…

Efforts aimed at preventing and preparing for African Swine Fever remain a top of mind concern among Canada’s pork producers by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Animal health and disease…

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture would like to congratulate Justin Trudeau and welcomes the Liberal party back into office “The Canadian agriculture sector is a key driver of economic growth…

Implementation of the new U.S. Japan free trade agreement is expected to put U.S. pork producers back on a level playing field in that market and help set the tone…