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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to visit China around January 13, amid discussions on a possible partial easing of mutual trade restrictions. As part of these talks, Canada may suspend its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles for one year, a move seen as an attempt to de-escalate tensions in bilateral economic relations.

Amid ongoing battles, Moscow turns to maps and paperwork to assert control over Ukraine's occupied farmland.

This year, Ukraine’s agricultural sector is expected to see a roughly 10% decrease in the gross harvest of grains and industrial crops compared to last year.

This forecast was presented by the Director General of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, Pavlo Koval, during a press conference at Ukrinform on the topic "Agricultural export of Ukraine: season results and forecasts for the 2025/26 marketing year."

IFC announced a $40 million investment in Astarta, a leading Ukrainian agricultural group, to support the construction of the country’s first soy protein concentrate plant. This investment is in line with up to $80 million financing package approved by IFC’s Board of Directors on April 1, 2025. The project is expected to boost employment, enhance agricultural productivity, and drive economic growth.

The financing package includes a $27 million loan for IFC’s own account, and a $13 million concessional loan from the government of the Netherlands. IFC’s financing is backed by guarantees from the European Commission’s Ukraine Investment Framework, and the government of the Netherlands in support of IFC’s Economic Resilience Action (ERA) Program for Ukraine.