…copyright in a fast-growing region. The trade deal puts U.S. agriculture at a competitive disadvantage as it phases out ties on sensitive products such as agricultural imports in countries including…
U.S. Planning Another Round of China Tariffs
…new round will be announced if the talks during the G20 summit between the two fails. The new round, proposed to be announced in early December, would apply to imports…
ASF Could Drastically Change China’s Pork Market
…the international market,” according to the report. Rabobank says China’s pork imports in the first eight months of the year were down 0.6 percent from the year before and jumped…
EU Cleared to Start Talks on Increasing U.S. Beef Imports
The European Union (EU) late last week agreed to allow negotiations with the U.S. to increase imports of U.S. beef to the EU. The move could help ease some transatlantic…
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
…to ensure everyone follows on-farm biosecurity and best practices (including for garbage feeding in states where that is allowed); Restricting imports pork and pork products from affected countries; and Working…
U.S. Suspends Pork Imports from Poland
The U.S. suspended pork imports from Poland last week after an outbreak of African Swine Fever in that country. Pork Business Dot Com says the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health…
Trade News Has Pork Producers Feeling Optimistic
…for U.S. pork producers, NPPC is continuing to press the Trump administration to resolve trade disputes with China and Mexico, including dropping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the…
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…Remains Top Agricultural Supplier to South Korea With its growing economy and limited arable land, South Korea is the eighth-largest agricultural importer in the world. In 2017, those imports totaled…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…middle class and large scale rural-to-urban migration have created strong demand for diverse agricultural products across Sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in the growth of imports over the past decade. These factors…
Dropped Tariffs Could Mean Less USDA Trade Aid Relief
…products. Those duties were put in place after President Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters this week that, with a trade deal…
Trump, XI Likely to Meet at Upcoming G-20
…if the U.S. will even consider lifting $250 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, which triggered retaliatory tariffs on American imported goods. Despite the U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, the…
EU Ready for Talks over U.S. Beef
…the European Union banned the use of growth hormones in meat across the EU, including imports. The EU says it will look to raise the U.S. share of hormone-free beef…
South Asia Presents New Markets for U.S. Corn Co-Products
…addition to 5,000 tons of corn gluten feed/meal. Sri Lanka’s imports of U.S. DDGS increased 8.2 percent year-over-year to nearly 22,000 tons. The Grains Council says the feed industries in…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…U.S. placed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Johansson urged U.S. negotiators to reach agreements on those issues as soon as possible. “We’ve seen California farmers, ranchers and agricultural marketers…