Saskatchewan farmers welcome a temporary reduction in tariffs on lentil exports to India. Pulse Canada CEO Gordon Bacon says the tariff goes from 33 percent to 11 percent until the end of August. He says it reflects growing need in India for pulse crops. Bacon will be asking the Canadian government to push for […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the Asian country. In a letter Friday, Scheer pressed Trudeau to take a harder line with Canada’s second-biggest trading partner at a time when the countries are locked […]
Saskatchewan farmers are hoping India will reduce tariffs and import restrictions on pulse crop imports introduced 18 months ago. The executive director of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers association, Carl Potts, says drought in parts of India, a shrinking stockpile of domestic pulses and the end of a long election campaign could be positive factors for […]
