Articles Tagged with ''rice''

Rice millers and farmers from Central America and the Dominican Republic are making an urgent plea to their U.S. counterparts: Help stop the reduction in tariffs on U.S. rice.

U.S. officials have a list of gains they'd like to make in upcoming talks with China.

U.S. negotiators are getting frustrated with South Korea's continued refusal to allow in more products from American farmers, including rice and apples.

Now that the Trump administration has officially informed Congress that it intends to begin negotiations with Japan on a free trade agreement, anticipation is growing for a new deal that’s expected to significantly boost U.S. exports of beef, dairy, pork, rice and other commodities.

It was more than two months ago, in early May, when Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sat down on a Tuesday morning with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in his second-floor office suite at USDA headquarters to discuss how they could push the Europeans into lowering trade barriers on U.S. farm commodities.

U.S. rice millers don't normally allow visitors into their facilities, but they made an exception last month when a Chinese delegation came calling.

President Donald Trump is promising U.S. farmers and ranchers they’ll soon be able to export a lot more of their harvest to China and the U.S. ag sector is ready and willing.