…every day. The European Union is taking advantage of the uncertainty and already seeking to make free trade deals with key U.S. markets like Japan and Mexico. From the National…
NAFTA Negotiators Extend Length of Next Round
A Bloomberg report says negotiators discussing the North American Free Trade Agreement will begin next week’s round in Mexico City two days early. The goal is to give themselves more…
Ag Struggling to Make Voice Heard in NAFTA Talks
…seem to get its message through. The U.S. exports nearly $18 billion of agriculture goods to Mexico, with exports the main profit driver in agriculture. However, Politico says those numbers…
NAFTA Withdrawal Would Not Lower Deficit With Mexico
President Trump often cited withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a way to reduce America’s trade deficit with Mexico. However, a Forbes Dot Com article says…
USDA Invests $2.5 Billion in Rural Electric Infrastructure
…the power grid.” The funding will support infrastructure improvements in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico,…
China Pork Imports to Increase
…strong currencies will put extra pressure on the export business. However, with weaker demand from China offset by stronger demand from Mexico, Rabobank still expects total exports for 2017 to…
NAFTA Renegotiation Agreement Depends on Tax Reform, Agriculture
The fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) depends on U.S. tax reform and agriculture. That’s according to Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico Jim Jones, who told Politico…
NAFTA Notice Would Devastate Farm Economy
…and agriculture industry, as well as a $13 billion drop in GDP. Mexico has already said that a Trump message to Congress invoking NAFTA article 2205, which allows any country…
National Farmers Organization Talks NAFTA
…says, “Canada and Mexico are two of the largest export markets for U.S. agriculture products, quadrupling since NAFTA began in 1994.” Olson stressed that revoking the agreement would be disastrous…
Agri View: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Growing
Everett Griner talks about the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone. Everett lets us know that it has been revealed that there is more than one source causing the problem in…
USDA Strengthens Agricultural Sciences at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
…students in Central Texas. Project details can be found on the NIFA website. Previously funded projects include New Mexico State University’s Southwest Natural Resource Career Track program, which is providing…
Canada “Extremely Worried” About NAFTA Direction
…the “America first” agreement, which “doesn’t put Canada in a very good spot.” The negotiations will continue next month in Mexico. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trade Negotiators at Odds Over NAFTA Proposals
…be held next month in Mexico. AgCanada reports officials in Mexico and Canada say of some U.S. demands, that the U.S. “knew it would not be able to push them…
Ag Exports Key to Trump NAFTA Deficit Strategy
…ag exports into Canada and Mexico through the North American Free Trade Agreement will help reduce the trade deficit, and Senator Roberts agrees. Roberts spoke with U.S. Trade Representative Robert…