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Arizona lawmakers this week reaffirmed their opposition to any new trade remedies for seasonal growers, warning they would harm the state’s economy and “undermine” the spirit of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The group urges the administration to “improve upon the template” established by USMCA.

“Reduces costs and streamlines the process for anyone involved in the organic livestock supply chain by requiring only one organic certification.”

Shipments of U.S. produce into the Chinese market are being delayed by Chinese customs officials who are randomly conducting tests to determine if any contain the novel coronavirus, according to U.S. produce groups.

Rubio, Scott say the move to allow imports of five types of fruit -- called for in the phase-one U.S.-China trade deal -- “has unnecessarily occurred amidst severely adverse conditions for Florida’s citrus growers and must be immediately reconsidered.”

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Agriculture Department this week again extolled Beijing’s ending of non-tariff barriers to agricultural goods under the terms of a phase-one trade deal with the U.S.

Meanwhile, a prominent China analyst is questioning how the U.S. and China determined the baseline for Beijing’s purchasing commitments.

The Agriculture Department is considering new rules for labeling meat that would not run afoul of the World Trade Organization, which struck down a previous country-of-origin labeling law, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday.