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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 17, 2025
When USDA officials announced last week that they were planning to help farmers hard hit by trade disputes with up to $12 billion in assistance, the news was largely welcomed in farm country as a way to provide short-term relief. But new concerns are emerging.
With new tariffs and rising trade tensions around the globe, one relatively new market may be growing at just the right time, thanks to U.S. market development efforts and a Free Trade Agreement.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue was adamant in his comments to reporters today that the myriad ag issues that separate the U.S. and European Union be negotiated in upcoming trade talks, but EU officials again said that wouldn’t happen.
The U.S.-China trade war could drag on for years, but a U.S. agreement with Mexico on rewriting the North American Free Trade Agreement could happen as soon as August, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said today in a Senate hearing.
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to new negotiations today aimed at ending the trade war in a deal that would somehow result in Europeans buying more U.S. soybeans.
In a victory for environmental activists, Europe’s highest court said today that crops created by gene editing should fall under laws restricting the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The USDA on Tuesday rolled out an outline of a $12 billion assistance plan amid growing anger from lawmakers and farm groups over the impacts of foreign tariffs on farm commodities.
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