Oliver Ward

Proposals to reform the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s constitution and governing processes represent a Chinese effort to expand Beijing’s global influence and undermine U.S. agricultural leadership, a group of Republicans say.

The second part of a three-part series on the impact of agricultural exports on the U.S. economy and the risks and promise for ag trade going forward: U.S. ag exports to China are falling year after year following a spike driven by the Phase One agreement. Brazil, meanwhile, is ramping up its trading relationship with China.

The European Union and the Mercosur countries have concluded negotiations on a long-anticipated trade deal that would cut tariffs and reduce trade barriers on a slate of agriculture products. 

President-elect Donald Trump is bringing China hawk Peter Navarro back to the White House as a top trade adviser, adding to a trade team that features a mix of Wall Street veterans and protectionist policy specialists. In other words, the trade team for Trump’s second term looks a lot like the first. 

Peter Navarro will return to the White House in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump announced on Wednesday.

Democrats on the House Ag Committee are starting to line up behind the candidates seeking to be the panel’s ranking member. Reps. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are challenging Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., for the minority’s top spot.

The European Union is preparing a list of American goods to hit with retaliatory tariffs after the U.S failed to comply with a World Trade Organization dispute panel regarding its tariffs on olives from Spain -- a case that puts the WTO at odds with U.S. law and the ways the country protects its agriculture producers. 

USDA releases its latest forecast for farm income today, even as lawmakers discuss a possible package of assistance for producers.

Figures from across the agriculture industry have responded to President-elect Trump’s pick for U.S. trade representative, Jamieson Greer, by pushing him to pursue new market access opportunities for American farmers.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve a second term as director-general of the World Trade Organization beginning next year. The Biden administration had expressed concern over the expedited election process.