…says the policy is perhaps the worst feature of the USMCA for Beijing, as it may become a template for future trade talks Trump holds with allies such as Japan,…
USDA Partners to Improve Community Infrastructure for 1.1 Million Rural Americans
…Grant program to $2.8 billion, up $200 million from FY 2017. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify…
Purdue: GMO Labeling Law Still Expected This Year
…for failing to meet the deadlines. At the time, the organization said: “Trump, Perdue, and their corporate lobbyists may want indefinite delay and keeping Americans in the dark, but the…
Trade War Benefiting U.S. Food Banks
Food banks are benefiting from President Trump’s trade war with China. USA Today reports the tit-for-tat trade war offers more variety for U.S. food banks through the administration’s trade mitigation…
US Pushing for Better Trade Terms with Japan
…reduced from nearly 39 percent to 9 percent. The agreement is tentatively set to take effect in the coming year. In late September President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime…
China Ambassador to U.S. Says China Wants to Engage in Talks
…reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China.” The Trump administration maintains that China is not as accommodating as its trying to imply. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
China Investment in U.S. Falling Sharply
Chinese investment in the United States has dropped 92 percent so far this year, amidst the tit-for-tat trade war launched by President Donald Trump. Analysts say the trade war may…
Congress Could Press for NAFTA Vote This Year
…switches sides, some believe Democrats would vote against the agreement because it’s a “win” for President Donald Trump. Bloomberg reports not all Republicans are sure that a vote will happen…
USMCA Deters China’s Efforts of FTA’s With Mexico, Canada
…with U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate China economically and prevent Chinese companies from using Canada or Mexico as a “back door” to ship products tariff-free to the United…
USDA Launches Interactive Data Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the Opioid Crisis
…Walsh Center focuses on a wide array of issues affecting rural providers and residents, including health care quality and public health systems. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established…
DTN Poll: Farmers Continue Supporting Trump
A recent poll by DTN-The Progressive Farmer finds rural Americans continue supporting President Donald Trump. The poll asked rural residents if, given a chance, they would cast their ballots differently…
USMCA Trade Deal Sets Stage for Addressing China Trade
With the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation effort complete, the Trump administration is expected to turn its trade attention to China and its neighbors. The U.S. and China are…
USMCA: No Pathway Forward for Beef Labeling
…a letter to President Trump outlining how they believed a modernized NAFTA could reinstate COOL and “prevent U.S. agriculture jobs from being outsourced to other countries that can produce beef…
Scientists and Economists Unite Against USDA Move
More than 1,100 scientists and economists penned a letter opposing the Trump administration proposal to realign and relocate programs within the Department of Agriculture. The group is opposed to the…