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June 12, 2017
June 12, 2017
(In Trade)
June 08, 2017
June 08, 2017
“Unless Mexican producers are unable to ship, producers in countries that hold allocations under the U.S. raw sugar TRQ are completely shut out.”
(In Trade)
June 07, 2017
June 07, 2017
“Handing a gift-wrapped roadmap of protectionism to food self-sufficiency advocates all over the world.”
(In Trade)
June 05, 2017
June 05, 2017
“We had very good, very candid discussions, very frank, like family members discussing some things that are not necessarily comfortable.”
(In Trade)
June 05, 2017
June 05, 2017
In Toronto, he will meet with Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and other officials.
(Daily News)
May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017
Gregg Doud, president of the Commodity Markets Council, is expected to be tapped as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s chief agriculture negotiator, sources told Inside U.S. Trade.
(Daily News)
May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017
American Farm Bureau Federation president Zippy Duvall believes President Trump’s 11th-hour decision not to withdraw from NAFTA was a shrewd negotiating move designed to get Canada and Mexico quickly to the table, adding on Thursday that key advisers surrounding Trump will prevent actions that could jeopardize agricultural interests in the talks.
(Daily News)
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this week told Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and members of the House Agriculture Committee the Trump administration will prioritize exports of U.S. agriculture products and that “do no harm has got to be our objective” for upcoming NAFTA talks with Mexico and Canada -- a renegotiation process the panel’s chairman, Mike Conaway (R-TX), described as “unsettling” to the ag community.
(Daily News)
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
Senate Agriculture Committee leaders and several industry groups are voicing opposition to the Trump administration's proposed elimination of the Agriculture Department's Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development cooperator program, both of which provide funding to organizations for overseas marketing and promotional activities to boost exports.
(Daily News)
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
The U.S. citrus industry has filed suit against the Department of Agriculture in an attempt to rewrite a rule allowing lemon imports from northwest Argentina, arguing that the process behind USDA's decision lacked scientific explanations and was influenced by foreign policy motives.
(Daily News)
May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017
Government officials on Thursday heard a range of voices during a hearing called to inform a Commerce Department-led review of bilateral trade deficits, with the services sector and economists blasting the study as too narrow in scope while industry groups argued that deficits are threats that should be urgently addressed.
(Daily News)
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, outlining his trade agenda, told House members today there are portions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that could be fashioned into a renegotiated NAFTA agreement.
(Daily News)
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today will announce the establishment of an under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs position at the Agriculture Department, according to a USDA statement.
(Daily News)
May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) told Inside U.S. Trade this week they were concerned about the administration's recent decision not to extend a stay on import regulations for lemons from northwest Argentina after a 15-year ban, adding that they planned to engage with representatives of the domestic citrus industry who claim the administration should have further conferred with them before making the final decision.
(In Trade)
May 08, 2017
May 08, 2017
The goal is to “reassert the importance of the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program.”
(File Document)
May 08, 2017
May 08, 2017
(Daily News)
May 05, 2017
May 05, 2017
Legislation aimed at diversifying Mexican corn purchases away from the U.S. is intended to send a message that Mexico is not a “punching bag” for U.S. politicians critical of the two countries' trade relationship, according to the Mexican senator who sponsored the measure and is also a candidate in the 2018 presidential race.
(In Trade)
May 04, 2017
May 04, 2017
USTR says the move “removes a longstanding and unfair barrier and will help return U.S. citrus exports to the EU to the levels we had a decade ago.”
(In Trade)
May 03, 2017
May 03, 2017
Two major dairy groups set up the meetings with Perdue, Vaughn, Ryan and other lawmakers from key committees.
(In Trade)
May 02, 2017
May 02, 2017
“There are some things we can gain in agriculture” from a redone deal, the agriculture secretary said.