Articles by Oliver Ward

Mexico will likely overturn its import ban on genetically engineered corn but enact a domestic planting ban into law, President Claudia Sheinbaum said after a USMCA dispute panel sided with the U.S. last week. 

President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will tap Stephen Miran, a trade hawk who supports the use of tariffs as a revenue-raising tool, to serve as a top economic adviser in his incoming administration.

Some lawmakers are concerned about the future of a trade preference program for sub-Saharan Africa after a last-ditch effort to pass the bill this Congress fell short.

A UK social media storm around a new feed additive to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cattle highlights the threat misinformation poses to global agriculture trade and technological progress and could be a harbinger of future challenges, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.

The sparring over a year-end stopgap funding bill should cast doubt on the viability of pursuing a two-bill approach to enacting President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda next year, lawmakers say.

A U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute resolution panel ruled on Friday that Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn is not founded in science, paving the way for U.S. retaliation unless the ban is lifted.

President-elect Donald Trump says he is pressing the European Union to ramp up purchases of U.S. oil and gas or face tariffs on its exports to the United States. As of 2023, the EU can adopt countermeasures, including tariffs or import quotas, if the European Commission determines a government is engaging in economic coercion.

House GOP leaders were left searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown after the House soundly rejected the latest stopgap spending bill. FDA food chief sees some alignment with RFK, while senators form a MAHA caucus.

The future of $31 billion in disaster relief and economic assistance for farmers was in doubt  night after Elon Musk and then, Donald Trump, threatened the political future of any Republicans who voted for the 1,500-page bill that contains the funding. The Senate cleared a water resources bill intended to increase funding for inland waterway projects.

Farm groups have a lot to cheer in the massive year-end funding bill that congressional leaders finally released Tuesday evening. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson wants to take up a new farm bill early in 2025, and he says he's encouraging farm groups to "relax" about RFK Jr.