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Heat Wave Bakes Wheat, Fruit Crops In The US Pacific Northwest

An unprecedented heat wave and ongoing drought in the US Pacific Northwest is damaging white wheat coveted by Asian buyers and forcing fruit farm...

Brazil Faces Competition From US Chicken Exporters In China

Brazilian meat exporters looking to sell to China are facing stronger competition from US companies amid a lack of new export permits for suppliers based i...

US, EU To Lift Tariffs On Goods As Biden Ends Aircraft Trade War

US President Joe Biden ended one front in a Trump-era trade war when he met European Union leaders on Tuesday by agreeing a truce in a transatlantic disput...

US Wines, Lobsters Could Face New UK Tariffs

Wine, chocolate and lobsters imported into Britain from the United States could face new tariffs under proposals from the British government to rebalance t...

EU-US Talks Avert Tariff Hike On American Whiskey, Motorcycles

The European Commission, which oversees EU trade policy, said it would suspend for up to six months a threatened 1 June doubling of retaliatory tariffs on...

Bunge Raises Outlook As Profit Jumps More Than Three-Fold

US agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd said its adjusted income rose more than three-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier as strong crop exp...

Brazil's JBS' Profit Bolstered By Weak Currency; Strong Chinese, US Markets

Meat processor JBS SA's fourth-quarter profit rose 65% from a year earlier, boosted by strong food sales in China and the United States and a sha...

US Coffee Roasters Weigh Price Increases, Cite Shipping Inflation

Coffee processors in the United States, the world's largest consumer of the beverage, are reporting significant cost increases in their operations, mostly...