…U.S Canada-Free Trade Agreement in the mid-1980’s, Canada reserved its rights, as it had under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to limit imports of certain types of…
Trucks Carry Majority of NAFTA Freight
…$53.5 billion of imports and $30.1 billion of the $44.7 billion of exports. Vehicles and vehicle parts were noted as the top products being moved between the U.S., Canada, and…
Japan Beef Tariff Increase Highlights Need for Trade Agreement
…that the Government of Japan is triggering the safeguard tariff increase on frozen beef imports: “We’re very disappointed to learn that the tariff on frozen beef imports to Japan will…
Secretary Perdue Regarding Japan’s Planned Increase of Tariff on U.S. Frozen Beef
Perdue The government of Japan has announced that rising imports of frozen beef in the first quarter of the Japanese fiscal year (April-June) have triggered a safeguard, resulting in an…
China Sets Ban on Australian Beef imports
China has imposed a temporary beef ban on the products from six Australian processors. A Meating Place Dot Com report says the concern is regarding label non-compliance. Australian government officials…
Agri View: Lemon Imports
Everett Griner talks about why the lemon producers wanting to stop imports in today’s Agri View. Lemon Imports You know we grow a lot of fruit in this country. It…
Delay of Decision to Impose U.S. Ethanol Import Tariff
…U.S. ethanol imports. The proposal would allow 500 million liters (132.1 million gallons) annually of U.S. ethanol imports before triggering the tariff. The following is a joint statement on this…
U.K. and U.S. Taking First Steps to Trade Deal
…April 2019. In 2014, the U.K. was reported to rely on the EU for 27 percent of its food imports. Just four percent of food items in the U.K. originated…
Canada Wants Dispute Mechanism in NAFTA Redo
…that Canada would continue to defend its system of tariffs and quotas that keep domestic dairy prices high and imports low. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S., China Sign Agreement to Provide Market Access for U.S. Rice Exports
…growth in the future. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of rice. Since 2013, it has also been the largest importer, with imports reaching nearly five million tons…
First Round of NAFTA Talks Scheduled
…laws. However, it doesn’t ask for a reinstatement of Country of Origin Labeling on beef and pork imports from Mexico and Canada. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
No Timeline to Restore Brazilian Beef Imports
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue met his counterpart from Brazil on Monday to discuss the U.S. ban on fresh beef imports from Brazil. Perdue said the U.S. needs to see…
U.S. Dairy Increasing Pressure on Canada
…prices high and limit imports. A deal last year that allowed Canadian dairy farmers to sell their milk proteins to domestic processors at a discount, drastically slowing American imports. The…
Brazil to Address U.S. Beef Ban During Visit
…halted beef imports from Brazil last month because of recurring concerns about the safety of the products. Brazil is hopeful the U.S. will lift the ban, as the Brazilian government…