Everett Griner talks about what the threat of a trade war has done to farmers in today’s Agri View. Everett looks at how the talk about a trade war has…
NCC: Farm Legislation Passage Much Needed
…farms and other cotton businesses employ 126,000 people and generate more than $21 billion in annual revenue. “The current trade tensions further underscore the importance of having a strong, predictable…
Conaway Comments on Trump Challenging India Market Practices
House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway says the Trump administration is holding India accountable in it’s latest trade move. The administration announced earlier a Word Trade Organization counter notification on India’s…
Agri View: Trade War
Everett Griner talks about the effects of a trade war in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses how all United States industries will be affected by this. Now suppose China does…
China Steps Up Pork Inspections, Slowing Imports
…carried out only “randomly” in the past. Some trade experts see the move, along with other similar actions by China, as a warning to the United States in response to…
Agri View: Agriculture Trade Problems
Everett Griner talks about trade problems in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses how this will affect export possibilities for the producers. Farmers were one of President Trump’s largest support groups…
First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support Issued by U.S.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the United States submitted a counter notification in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture (COA)…
China Trade Discussion Continues Next Week
…including a 25 percent soybean tariff. Meanwhile, the Trump trade team is currently working on the North American Free Trade Agreement with counterparts from Canada and Mexico, hoping to reach…
NAFTA Talks Continue This Week
The Renegotiation effort of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continues this week with all sides eager to finish the talks. Representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico…
Canada Closes TB Investigation
…million in compensation for the destroyed animals. The successful investigation allows Canada to keep its bovine tuberculosis-free status regarding global trade. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S.-China Talks End With Little Progress
A Bloomberg report says that two days of trade discussions in Beijing ended with nothing else than an agreement to keep talking. China’s official news agency says the two sides…
Biofuels Group Files Lawsuit against EPA’s Pruitt
A renewable fuels trade group has filed a lawsuit against Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. The Advanced Biofuels Association is the first to sue Pruitt over the Renewable Fuel…
CCM Ramping Up Political Efforts on Behalf of Citrus Growers
…of topics including trade, labor, and water. “Since last fall, we went through an exercise at Citrus Mutual to try to determine how we can be more impactful in creating…
Lighthizer: NAFTA Deal Needed within the Next Few Weeks
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this week said a North American Free Trade Agreement deal must be reached “within a week or two” of the next meeting of trade negotiators….