The diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Canada over the arrest of Saudi civil society activists has intensified after the Middle Eastern nation's wheat buying agency said it would no longer accept Canadian grains. Traders said the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO) had sent an official notice about the decision, but Winnipeg-based G3, a partnership between Saudi Arabian firm SALIC and US outfit Bunge, said it was "business as usual". Canadian barley sales totaled 132,000 tonnes in 2017. A man walks past a poster showing Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during his visit to Toronto on May 24, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette / THE
The diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Canada over the arrest of Saudi civil society activists has intensified after the Middle Eastern nation's wheat buying agency said it would no longer accept Canadian grains. Traders said the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO) had sent an official notice about the decision, but Winnipeg-based G3, a partnership between Saudi Arabian firm SALIC and US outfit Bunge, said it was "business as usual". A man walks past a poster showing Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during his visit to Toronto on May 24, 2017.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette / THE