The Development The first mandatory joint review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) begins July 1, 2026 — 60 days from today. The review is embedded in Article 34.7 of the agreement and requires all three parties to assess the agreement’s operation and confirm in writing whether they wish to extend it for a further…
Lens: Lens 1 — Direct Export Market, with a secondary competitive dimension for Canadian exporters in Asian third markets. The Structural Condition (Layer 1) On November 28, 2025, Spain confirmed its first African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak since 1994, after two wild boars tested positive near Cerdanyola del Vallès in Catalonia. As documented in USDA…
The Structural Condition China’s domestic pork sector has completed its recovery from the African Swine Fever outbreak that began in 2018 and eliminated roughly 40% of the country’s sow inventory. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Beijing post, in its Livestock and Products Annual (CH2025-0165, September 2025), forecasts Chinese pork production at approximately 59.5 million…