
Oliver Ward
Trade Editor at Agri-Pulse
🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 Trade reporter for @agripulse Serial retweeter. Into graphs. Formerly @insidetrade. Words in @openDemocracy, @LondonEconomic
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3 days ago |
agri-pulse.com | Oliver Ward
A segment of the beef industry is planning to petition the Trump administration to use a forthcoming review of a North American trade pact to revive mandatory country-of-origin labeling. But the industry remains divided on the issue, and some argue negotiating efforts would be better focused elsewhere. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes up for its six-year mandatory review in 2026 and officials are expected to solicit feedback from industry in the fall.
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1 week ago |
agriculture.com | Oliver Ward
The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in using the Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on all countries. A three-judge panel declared Trump’s orders placing 10% tariffs on all countries, with rates for some countries to be raised in July, fell outside of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which allows the president to regulate economic transactions in emergency situations.
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1 week ago |
agriculture.com | Oliver Ward
Foreign governments tout the benefits of international trade and investment for U.S. businesses and communities as they try to get relief from President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs. The Chilean ambassador to the U.S., Juan Gabriel Valdés, was recently in Grayling, Michigan, visiting a facility owned by Chilean wood producer Arauco. The nearly half-billion-dollar facility opened in 2019 and employs around 250 people, Valdés told Agri-Pulse in a phone interview.
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Oliver Ward
Foreign governments tout the benefits of international trade and investment for U.S. businesses and communities as they try to get relief from President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs. The Chilean ambassador to the U.S., Juan Gabriel Valdés, was recently in Grayling, Michigan, visiting a facility owned by Chilean wood producer Arauco. The nearly half-billion-dollar facility opened in 2019 and employs around 250 people, Valdés told Agri-Pulse in a phone interview.
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Oliver Ward
Foreign governments tout the benefits of international trade and investment for U.S. businesses and communities as they try to get relief from President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs. The Chilean ambassador to the U.S., Juan Gabriel Valdés, was recently in Grayling, Michigan, visiting a facility owned by Chilean wood producer Arauco. The nearly half-billion-dollar facility opened in 2019 and employs around 250 people, Valdés told Agri-Pulse in a phone interview.
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Sen. Cornyn following the meeting between Scott Bessent and Senate Finance Republicans this evening says the Treasury Secretary spoke about Wednesday’s tariffs “in passing.” “My understanding is reciprocity is the principle,” Cornyn said.