…Protecting America’s tomato producers from the glut of Mexican imports is yet another example of President Trump’s commitment to ensuring our farmers have the ability to succeed in international markets,…
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces a New Draft Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico
…was officially terminated and, as a result, Commerce continued its AD investigation on imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. Today’s action exemplifies the Trump Administration’s priority of enforcing our trade…
Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exports in Canada
…+2% Canadian imports of condiments and sauces from the United States were valued at nearly $650 million in 2018 and accounted for 80 percent of total imports. Imports from the…
China Suspends Purchases of American Agricultural Products
China will no longer be accepting any more agricultural products from the United States after the Chinese government asked state-owned companies to halt any further purchases of American agricultural imports. …
More Tariffs Coming Despite Trade Talks Progressing with China
…worth of Chinese imports. The new tariffs would be in addition to the 25 percent tariff that was already in place for $250 billion of imports. Altogether, the latest announcement…
CBB Executives Detail Recent Beef Leadership Trip to Taiwan and Japan
…beef imports,” Coffey said. “We need to encourage the Taiwanese to incorporate beef into cultural food items like dumplings traditionally cooked with pork and poultry. Grass-fed beef also presents an…
USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
…April 24, 2019, AMS announced that the Plant Variety Protection Office will begin accepting applications for seed-propagated hemp for plant variety protection. Organic Agricultural Product Imports Interagency Working Group: On…
New Tariffs Include Pesticides
…put new taxes on the remaining $325 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports back on the table. Many in the agriculture industry are concerned with that list as several pesticides are…
New Mexican Goods Tariff Tied to Immigration Issue
…will bring uncertainty to the approval process and disrupt the integrated supply chain and investment between the two countries.” PMA also pointed out how vital Mexico imports are to markets…
Agriculture industry Responds to Progress of USMCA
…five percent tariffs on all Mexican imports as of June 10, 2019, David Herring, president of the National Pork Producers Council and a pork producer from Lillington, North Carolina, issued…
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Pays Dividends to American Farmers and Exporters
…imported nearly $6 billion of agricultural products from the world. Colombia’s agricultural imports increased 3 percent since 2012, with imports from the United States growing by 165 percent during this…
Industry Reaction on the Removal of Section 232 Tariffs
…aluminum tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and urges swift ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. “With Canada and Mexico agreeing to lift their retaliatory tariffs on many California agricultural products,…
USDA Enhances African Swine Fever Surveillance Efforts
…in states where that is allowed); Restricting imports of pork and pork products from affected countries; Coordinating closely on response plans with the U.S. pork industry, producers and States to…
Trade Tensions Escalate with Another Chinese Tariff Increase
…begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China, which are valued at approximately $300 billion,” Lighthizer said. About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag…