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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, August 19, 2024
The optimism coming out of the White House and USDA for a U.S. deal with China to end the trade war has been growing for months, but the rosy outlook dimmed this week because of a new rift between both countries’ negotiators.
U.S. catfish producers hope a recent Department of Commerce determination will level the playing field in their long-running fight over cheaper imported Vietnamese catfish.
It’s not competing pork producers in Europe or Canada who are the biggest threat to the U.S. share of Mexico’s demand. It’s producers already in or moving to Mexico.
The leader of one of the world’s largest meat companies says there is a “distinct possibility” African Swine Fever could make landfall in the U.S., and “we need to be prepared for that.”
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer confirmed today he will carry out President Donald Trump’s threat to increase the tariff rate on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
When President Donald Trump fired off a pair of tweets on Sunday, he set the stage for a market shakeup at home and abroad as politicos and producers alike tried to determine where global trade talks stood.
The Trump administration’s trade negotiations with China return to Washington, while lawmakers look to close a long-sought, bipartisan deal on disaster aid.
Mexico is the largest foreign market for U.S. corn and distiller’s grains and the U.S. Grains Council has chosen its top representative there, Ryan LeGrand, to take over as president and CEO next month.
Trade talks between the U.S. and Japan are moving quickly, and there’s a good chance the two countries can wrap up an ag-centric deal to lift Japanese tariffs by the end of May, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Tuesday.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will announce in a Federal Register notice today its assessment that adopting one or more of the five designated phytosanitary measures would make certain Chinese produce safe for import.