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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Former U.S. Trade Representative and trade policy architect Robert Lighthizer has so far been overlooked for key economic policy roles — a move some who worked closely with him say could hamper Trump's trade policymaking.
Business groups and congressional Republicans are ready to remake the administrative state following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overruling the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year-old precedent that required courts to defer to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguous laws.
In this opinion piece, Reps. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, and Greg Murphy, R-N.C., argue that South Africa should be held accountable to its trade obligations under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., this week reiterated his plan to move a farm bill before Memorial Day. But there’s little sign that Thompson has made any progress with Democrats on the committee, and lawmakers won’t be in session next week.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai faced another panel of lawmakers frustrated by the Biden administration's trade policies, which do not involve any efforts to negotiate long-term free-trade agreements.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday forcefully defended President Joe Biden's cautious approach to negotiating new trade agreements, saying the administration wants to avoid deals that pit one U.S. sector against another.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai faces questioning on both sides of Capitol Hill this week amid agrowing ag trade deficit that has fueled Republican attacks ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
It’s long been a point of pride in American agriculture that the United States exported more than it imported in farm commodities, but that surplus has vanished and may not be coming back anytime soon.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pledged at USDA's Ag Outlook Forum to continue fighting a Mexican ban on biotech corn imports, and she played down the U.S. trade deficit on agricultural products. Two U.S. ambassadors encouraged American ag exporters to take advantage of sales opportunities in Vietnam and the Philippines.
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