Articles tagged under: agricultural trade
Urgency to Fill Trade Positions
Published December 2, 2022
Important trade negotiations like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework are rapidly approaching. U.S. Meat Export Federation President Dan Halstrom is pushing to get the U.S. Senate to confirm two key ag trade nominees. "We're almost to the half-way point of the…U.S. Ready to Implement the USMCA
Published April 26, 2020
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. - Mexico - Canada Agreement would be ready for implementation on July 1. This is the final step necessary for the USMCA to take effect. Read more.No New Negotiations Scheduled Between U.S. and China
Published May 20, 2019
China is apparently not in a hurry to return to the bargaining table with the United States. Chinese media is reporting President Xi Jinping may suspend his planned meeting with President Donald Trump next month if the U.S. was not…Canadian Farmers Seek Helping Hand
Published May 14, 2019
With the ongoing trade disruptions, Grain Growers of Canada is calling on the federal government to provide support to Canadian farmers. This group says the trade war between the U.S. and China is having a significant impact on grain farmers…Tweet Sends Markets Lower
Published May 6, 2019
Just ahead of another round of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump went to Twitter and threatened to increase the tariff rate on Chinese products. Trump said the tariffs on Chinese products is “partially responsible” for…EU Refuses to Include Ag in Trade Talks
Published April 16, 2019
The European Union does not want to include agriculture in its trade talks with the United States. The EU has approved the terms for negotiating a trade agreement and it limits the focus to industrial products. Agriculture is a contentious…