# As NAFTA Re-Negotiation Stalls, Family Farmers Lose Hope | Civil Eats

> Family farm groups say the NAFTA renegotiation has stalled after four rounds, with little clarity on the Trump administration's goals. Contentious issues include grain and livestock tariffs, Canadian dairy imports and Mexican produce imports.

- Date: 2017-10-20 · published 2017-10-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68455-as-nafta-re-negotiation-stalls-family-farmers-lose-hope-civil-eats
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over NAFTA terms creates risk for U.S. exports of corn, pork, beef and dairy to Mexico and Canada. Any tariff changes would shift trade flows and could weigh on feed-grain and livestock prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-22 | [NAFTA Renegotiation: Issues for U.S. Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70476-nafta-renegotiation-issues-for-u-s-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | -2.7% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2018-03-01 | [Farmers Worry About Trade Retaliation in Soybeans, RFS Tradeoffs for Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66034-farmers-worry-about-trade-retaliation-in-soybeans-rfs-tradeoffs-for-corn.md) | +0.8% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-06-14 | [Farm sector: Tweak NAFTA, but don’t endanger ag exports \| 2017-06-13 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70482-farm-sector-tweak-nafta-but-don-t-endanger-ag-exports-2017-06-13-agri-pulse.md) | -2.1% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-08-20 | [U.S. drops agriculture demand from NAFTA talks - Mexico farm lobby](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63512-u-s-drops-agriculture-demand-from-nafta-talks-mexico-farm-lobby.md) | -2.8% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2017-12-05 | [The real question on NAFTA and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67460-the-real-question-on-nafta-and-agriculture.md) | +2.8% | +5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-08 | [Brazil says EU deforestation rules hamper Mercosur trade deal negotiation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33213-brazil-says-eu-deforestation-rules-hamper-mercosur-trade-deal-negotiation.md) | -2.2% | -7.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-07-21 | [NAFTA: Where 's the Beef? \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69917-nafta-where-s-the-beef-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm-bureau-federation.md) | -0.8% | -5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-11 | [SE Asia Report: Indo, Viet imports fall (+ new Vietnamese translation!) - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48059-se-asia-report-indo-viet-imports-fall-new-vietnamese-translation-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- civileats.com: https://civileats.com/2017/10/20/as-nafta-re-negotiation-stalls-family-farmers-lose-hope/

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