Farm Journals Ag Web Dot Com reports that the Trump administration has officially laid out its strategies to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico in…
Wheat Industry Looks for New NAFTA Opportunities, But Priority Remains Do No Harm
…American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The U.S. wheat industry welcomes the opportunity for improving the framework for cross border wheat trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but would…
Dairy Industry Welcomes Swift Action by USTR Lighthizer to Launch NAFTA Modernization Efforts
…process for modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In a notification letter sent today to Congress, Ambassador Lighthizer outlined some of the areas of the agreement that are…
NCBA Joins Canadian, Mexican Partners in Presidential Letter
…nations and to President Trump, urging the three leaders to not “jeopardize the success we have all enjoyed as partners of the North American Free Trade Agreement.” The letter to…
American Farm Bureau Looks Forward to NAFTA Renegotiation
…a positive, market-expanding and modernized NAFTA. Achieving this objective starts with ensuring the negotiations protect U.S. agriculture’s benefits under the current trade agreement. “The 2015 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act…
NAFTA Modernization Must Not Disrupt Pork Exports
…have jurisdiction over trade, that the administration will update the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The notification begins a 90-day period in which Trump trade officials must consult…
OTA Applauds Organic Research Investment Legislation
…Farm Broadcasting news service. From: Organic Trade Association Organic Trade Association and The Organic Center applaud bipartisan bill to invest in organic ag research The Organic Trade Association and The…
U.S. Still Likely to Benefit from TPP
The United States stands to benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, even though President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the trade agreement. New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay told Radio…
Conaway Welcomes Sec. Perdue to the Agriculture Committee
…these tough times. By underscoring his commitment to work with newly-confirmed U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer to enforce U.S. trade laws and hold our trading partners accountable to their commitments, Sec….
Japan Wishes for U.S. to Return to TPP
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this week he hopes the U.S. will rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement that is worth billions of dollars for U.S. agriculture. Japan is…
Roberts, Stabenow, Pressing USDA on Canada Dairy Policy
…the U.S. Trade Representative’s office to provide continued engagement with Canada over its dairy pricing policies that are harmful to U.S. dairy producers. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny…
Mexico Rejecting Prospects of New tariffs in NAFTA
Officials from Mexico visiting Washington, D.C. this week are sporting a clear message that a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement will not include any new tariffs or quotas. The…
NFU, Coalition of Rural Organizations Oppose Elimination of Rural Development Mission Area and Under Secretary
…of a congressional directive included in the 2014 Farm Bill, which instructed USDA to create a new Undersecretary of Trade. Although Congress directed USDA to create a Trade Under Secretary,…
Mexico Officials Visiting U.S. This Week to Talk Trade
With U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s swearing-in Monday, a group of trade officials from Mexico plan to travel to the U.S. to begin working on trade issues between the two…