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Exporting & Importing
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Study uses big data to analyze international food trade
As the world population swells, the inequitable distribution of food around the globe is prompting profound moral questions. Is the unequal distribution of food in rich and poor countries, for instance, merely a consequence of geography, with rich countries having…
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The Canadian Export Business Award is now the Alizés Awards
The Agri-Food Export Group has announced the opening of the 2019 Alizés Awards application period. The Alizés Awards is the successor to the Canadian Export Business Award which has been awarded by the association for the past 12 years. The…
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Market Commentary: Giving up dairy import quotas not the answer
From the October 2018 issue of Food in Canada magazine
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CPTPP trade agreement receives Royal Assent
The last domestic legislative hurdle to enacting the CPTPP trade deal with Pacific rim countries has been cleared. The deal was approved by senate and received Royal Assent the afternoon of Oct. 25. The moves makes Canada one of the…
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Mixed reaction from farm groups to USMCA
Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday…
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Statement by Canada’s Agri-food Exporters on USMCA
October 1, 2018, Ottawa, Ont. – Brian Innes, President of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) today issued the following statement regarding the new United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “We welcome an agreement to renew NAFTA. Free and fair trade has made…
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Statement by Canada’s Leading Agricultural Exporters on NAFTA Progress
Brian Innes, President of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) issued the following statement on news of progress on NAFTA negotiations last week: On behalf of our members – the hundreds of thousands of farmers, ranchers, food processors and agri-food…
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Growing the global footprint of Canadian food processors
Growth in the global demand for food brings tremendous opportunities for the Canadian agri-food industry, according to Tyler Betcher, Agricultural Economist with Farm Credit Canada (FCC). In a recent report, Betcher says two options are available for Canadian businesses to…
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Wine industry disappointed with Canadian Premiers
OTTAWA—On July 20, 2018, the Canadian Vintners Association (CVA) and its members expressed disappointment with the Council of Federation’s decision to not lift restrictions on the interprovincial shipment of alcohol. The association says it will however work with internal trade…
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November conference to explore inspiring public trust in the food system
Guelph, Ont. Canada’s agri-food sector leaders are invited to gather for the third annual Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) Public Trust Summit in Gatineau, Quebec Nov. 13 to 14. Earning public trust in food and farming has…
