Articles Tagged with ''World Trade Organization''

The House is set today to clear the Senate-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which empowers the Federal Maritime Commission to take steps to clear port bottlenecks and reduce shipping rates.

The Biden administration has come up with a novel plan to address the food crisis that’s resulting from the war in Ukraine.

Ahead of a key Senate hearing this week, economists at Texas A&M University have finished their analysis of a revised bill that would mandate levels of cash trading in the cattle markets.

President Biden’s $1.7 billion Build Back Better bill is going nowhere on Capitol Hill, but Democrats are looking at pulling out the climate-smart ag provisions and clean energy incentives and moving them as a separate package

The Biden administration is moving ahead with its plan to finance new meat processing capacity.

In this opinion piece, Sharon Bomer Lauritsen with AgTrade Strategies LLC and Bart Fischer with Texas A&M University discuss their support of comprehensive agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is beginning the process of establishing the first regulations for protecting workers from heat.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insists that Democratic leaders are on track to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill this week while also reaching agreement on President Biden’s Build Back Better bill.

Food prices shot up in September, prompting a new volley from the White House over consolidation in the meat industry.

Democrats on the House Ag Committee are appealing to their party leaders to protect agriculture spending when they slash the size of the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill.