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Trump: Be Prepared to Walk Away From NAFTA

Published August 17, 2018

At Thursday's cabinet meeting, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said trade negotiations with Mexico are underway and there’s hope for a breakthrough within a matter of days. Trump held firm, saying any trade deal has to be fair. "If you…

G20 Ministers Oppose Protectionism

Published July 30, 2018

Agriculture ministers from the G20 nations have promised to reform World Trade Organization rules. No details were offered, but a statement was released saying they were “concerned about the increasing use of protectionist non-tariff trade measures.” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…

US-EU Announce Soybean Deal

Published July 26, 2018

After a White House meeting, President Donald Trump and his European Union counterpart announced plans to resolve their differences over steel and aluminum tariffs. Beyond that deal, Trump said Europe will buy more U.S. soybeans. "The European Union is going…

Trade Dispute Limits Results at G-20

Published July 23, 2018

During the G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. is ready to start trade talks with China, the European Union and Japan. The only caveat—Mnuchin said those countries must first remove tariffs, non-tariff trade barriers…

MN Trade Team Heads to Taiwan

Published July 19, 2018

Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson will lead a trade trip to Taiwan at the end of this month. Frederickson will continue a relationship that was developed a couple years ago. "At that time, I had told them I hope you'll…

Trade Gap Widens

Published July 13, 2018

China’s trade surplus with the United States hit a new record monthly high in June. That trade surplus now approaches $29 billion. With the tariffs scheduled to take effect in early July, exporters picked up the pace in June to…

U.S. Trade Team Visits Japan

Published June 11, 2018

Agriculture Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is leading a trade mission to Japan this week. Nearly 50 agricultural companies and farm organizations are represented on the trip, including the U.S. Soybean Export Council and U.S. Grains…

Deescalating the Trade Standoff

Published April 3, 2018

Virginia Tech professor of agricultural and applied economics Mary Marchant has focused her research efforts on Chinese markets for over a decade. Marchant says international trade theories predict when two or more countries impose tariffs, both countries lose. Right now,…

Articles tagged under: international trade

Trump: Be Prepared to Walk Away From NAFTA

G20 Ministers Oppose Protectionism

US-EU Announce Soybean Deal

Trade Dispute Limits Results at G-20

MN Trade Team Heads to Taiwan

Trade Gap Widens

U.S. Trade Team Visits Japan

Deescalating the Trade Standoff

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