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Gregg Doud

USTR ag negotiator nominee anxious for new trade talks with India and Japan

Washington, Oct. 5, 2017 – Renegotiating trade relationships with countries like Mexico, Canada and South Korea is the major focus of U.S. negotiators now, but the USTR and USDA should not wait to begin making inroads to foreign buyers that could be importing a lot more U.S. wheat, corn, beef, pork and dairy. That was one of the main messages to lawmakers today from Gregg Doud, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the chief agriculture negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative.
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Jacksonville small-scale LNG exports authorized

WASHINGTON, September 20, 2017 - The Energy Department (DOE) has approved a long-term application from Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC (Eagle Maxville) to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a quantity of 0.01 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). 
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Rice harvest

US rice mills want China to hurry up and seal the deal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 - China finally signed off on the sanitary and phytosanitary protocols to open its market to U.S. rice in July, but now America's farmers, millers and shippers are again waiting on the Chinese to finish the bureaucratic process that will allow exports to begin flowing.
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