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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, March 31, 2025
The U.S.’ window of opportunity to secure a trade deal with the United Kingdom could soon shrink, a trade policy analyst told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the Labour government mulls closer alignment with the European Union.
The White House issued an executive order to boost domestic production of a slate of minerals – including potash – but an industry analyst thinks the efforts are misplaced.
The European Union’s top trade official said Thursday that it would hold off on imposing its first tranche of retaliatory tariffs until next month to allow for more time to negotiate a deal with the U.S.
A group of House Republicans is urging the president to keep U.S. ag producers front of mind as he pursues more reciprocity in U.S. trade relationships and ensure tariffs are paired with negotiations to open new markets.
The Trump administration is breaking with predecessors in the way it approaches trade negotiations, said Julie Callahan, a senior U.S. trade representative official. Narrower agreements like sectoral trade deals covering a specific industry may be preferable to sweeping FTAs, she said.
U.S. ag groups flagged non-reciprocal tariff rates and trade barriers and weighed in on the design of new duties and what the U.S. should do with the revenue in submissions to trade officials.
Congress faces a Friday deadline to avert a government shutdown, with President Donald Trump backing a House GOP plan to pass a continuing resolution that would keep departments and agencies funded through Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2025.
President Donald Trump professed his “love” for American farmers in an address to Congress Tuesday night, saying that the widespread tariffs he is imposing would allow them to out-compete foreign imports.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is threatening to withhold agricultural research funding from institutions that do not comply with an executive order aiming to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. She has so far initiated a review into the University of Maine’s policies.
The U.S. and India have announced officials will begin work on a trade deal that will reduce tariffs and other trade barriers for goods and services, as well as expand agricultural trade.
