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Perdue: “Although international trade is an important part of what we do, my first priority is to protect American consumers.”

“What will take place in the negotiations, we will see. The table has not been set yet. When it is we'll deal with that.”

The U.S. Dairy Export Council said in the MOU will boost access for more than 200 U.S. exporters right away and allow for more entrants later.

According to multiple sources, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service is set to publish on Friday a proposed amendment to a rule that will allow China to export poultry products to the U.S. from birds slaughtered in China, a move the U.S. committed to as part of the 100-day plan the Trump administration reached with China.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday told Senate appropriators he does not believe the sugar deal that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross struck with Mexico last week features a “loophole,” as the U.S. sugar industry claims.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday assured Senate appropriators the Canadian dairy industry's milk pricing scheme will be key to the U.S. approach to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Trump administration has finalized a protocol between the United States and China laying out standards for U.S. beef exports to China, another step in following through on the initial outcomes of the bilateral 100-day action plan struck in April that moves U.S. producers closer to selling beef to Beijing for the first time since 2003.

“Unless Mexican producers are unable to ship, producers in countries that hold allocations under the U.S. raw sugar TRQ are completely shut out.”

“We had very good, very candid discussions, very frank, like family members discussing some things that are not necessarily comfortable.”