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Although the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. has been a good opportunity for Canada to increase its soybean exports to China, industry experts say there have been tradeoffs elsewhere.

Palm oil can be found in food and cosmetics everywhere: in fact, half of the world’s population uses palm oil in food

A major Asia-Pacific summit's failure to agree on a communique resulted from certain countries "excusing" protectionism, a top Chinese diplomat said, in a veiled criticism of Washington that further sours the tone of China-U.S. ties ahead of a G20 meet

The marketshare for exports could drive soybean prices, economist says.

China has said it has a "firm and clear cut will" to maintain good ties with the Maldives as it played down reports of a pro-India tilt by the new Maldivian government and hoped that Male would make the "right choice" and not pull out of a free trade deal with Beijing

A panel advising Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso urged the government on Tuesday to go ahead with a planned sales tax hike next October, taking all steps needed to prevent a downturn while also avoiding fiscal expansion.

An Indian delegation is scheduled to visit Indonesia this week to negotiate trade between the two nations for these two commodities

The government does not intend to reduce the price of the one kilogramme pack subsidised cooking oil at RM2.50 at the moment even though the price of palm oil has fallen, says Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Under the EU’s new renewable energy rules, the European Commission has to define criteria that are meant to curb the use of the most climate-damaging biofuels

The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday Nov 19.

CHRISTMAS for the United Kingdom’s supermarket chain Iceland is being welcomed with a major campaign discriminating against palm oil

Tirupur: Knitwear industrialists have urged the central government to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with Russia, saying the former Soviet Union had given green signal to enter into such a treaty with Bangladesh that would allow for duty-free import of readymade garments.