…said Canada’s protectionist policies are in direct violation of its trade commitments under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organizations urged the…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
…Kingdom through a mutually beneficial trade agreement.” Weber Trump and May agreed to set up a working groups to consider ways to improve trade between the countries before the United…
Seed Trade Talks at Disney
The American Seed Trade Association’s (ASTA) 56th Annual Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference is underway at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. AgNet Media is at the convention…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…by export sales. Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. Grains Council says these moves are…
Trump Mexico Tax Would Hurt Agriculture
…that are staples in U.S. grocery stores, according to the Hagstrom Report. The United Fresh Produce Association says the tax, and renegotiating trade agreements to include similar tariffs, risk provoking…
Japan Hesitant to Invite China into TPP
…standard for trade rules.” Government officials don’t appear in a hurry to begin two-way trade talks with Washington, although some officials said they can’t rule it out. The Japanese Prime…
Ag Groups Want NAFTA Gains Preserved
…to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), while preserving and expanding the gains achieved to date. “U.S. food and agricultural exports have produced a trade surplus for nearly…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
…and released the apps as part of a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency for International Development. His domestic collaborators include ARS ecologist Jason Karl; USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service…
TPP is Out; So Now What?
…from TPP, like he said he would do during his campaign. The new administration has mentioned several times that it will look to bilateral agreements to fill the trade void….
2016 Biodiesel Market Skunks Previous Records
…biodiesel and renewable diesel from 2015. At the same time, domestic production rose from about 1.4 billion gallons in 2015 to more than 1.8 billion gallons in 2016, well below…
TPP Member Nations Seek to Save Trade Agreement
Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations are hoping to salvage the trade deal after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement by executive order. Fulfilling a campaign pledge,…
Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference This Weekend
Andy LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), is gearing up for the 56th Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference. This year’s conference is being held January…
Maintaining Pork Exports to Canada, Mexico Critical
…No. 2 and No. 4 export markets, respectively, for U.S. pork. Weber Since the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement went into effect Jan. 1, 1994, U.S. trade north and south of…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
He said he would do it, and now President Trump has taken the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, and the North American Free Trade Agreement…