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The federal government announced a set of relief measures for Canadian businesses impacted by tariffs with the United States, including the temporary remission of surtaxes applied on U.S. goods from Canada’s retaliatory list, provided these goods are used as inputs in food and beverage manufacturing, processing, and packaging.

On March 4, 2025, Canada implemented a 25 percent tariff on an initial tranche of over $20 billion in imports of goods from the United States, including $5.5 billion worth of agricultural products.

Health Canada is seeking feedback on two new pieces of guidance for the Novel Foods Regulations, focused on plant breeding. The consultation will be open for 60 days until May 24, 2021.

On November 21, 2020, Canada announced conclusion of an interim trade agreement to mitigate possible trade disruption associated with the United Kingdom leaving the European Union...

Australia reached a partial settlement with Canada on its World Trade Organization dispute over Canadian federal and provincial wine measures.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) came into effect July 1, 2020. Under the agreement, Canada agrees to allow grain grown in the United States to receive an official Canadian grade...

Infographic looking at the agricultural trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The U.S. exported nearly $40 billion in agriculture to these two countries in 2018.

A more flexible certification of origin process under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will take effect when the agreement enters into force on July 1, 2020.

Global Affairs Canada published policy options for the allocation and administration rules for all tariff rate quotas (TRQs) related to supply-managed products (i.e., dairy, poultry and eggs).

Health Canada has provided an update on the re-evaluation of three neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam) and proposed timelines for the final re-evaluation decisions.

Canada revised prescriptive beer compositional standards to better reflect and support a diversifying beer industry, while providing beer drinkers greater information about allergenic content.

Health Canada is proposing the revocation of maximum residue limits (MRL) for three fungicides: Ferbam, Thiram, and Ziram.