Articles tagged under: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
McKalip Nominated for Chief Ag Negotiator
Published June 8, 2022
Doug McKalip is the Biden administration’s new nominee for Chief Agriculture Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. McKalip is a Pennsylvania native and was already serving as a trade advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. In a…MN Soybean Growers Ask USTR to Address Five Trade Barriers
Published November 7, 2021
The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association would like the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to address at least five non-tariff trade barriers for agriculture in the next year. MSGA Executive Director Joe Smentek says there are issues with GMO tolerance…Seeking Urgency on USTR Ag Ambassador Post
Published May 16, 2021
Farm groups are ready to hear who will fill the role of the chief agriculture negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. More than 60 agriculture groups including the North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Minnesota Milk Producers Association…USTR Identifies Global Trade Barriers
Published April 1, 2021
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has released its annual report on trade barriers. The 570-page report identified China as the “world’s leading offender.” For U.S. agriculture, the report said the biggest issue is non-science based regulations and vague rules about…The U.S. Seeks More Sugar
Published February 10, 2020
The U.S. is looking at other countries for sugar following a challenging sugarbeet harvest in 2019. The U.S. Trade Representative will reallocate unused raw sugar tariff rate quotas from countries that haven’t shipped complete allocations to countries that may be…USTR Public Hearings Address China Tariffs
Published July 24, 2018
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative hosted public hearings on proposed China tariffs Tuesday and Wednesday. Of the tariffs authorized for $50 billion of Chinese products, tariffs on $34 billion are currently in effect. Tariffs on the remaining $16…