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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
China’s purchases of American cotton have cratered in early 2025 as weak domestic consumption and trade uncertainty weigh on U.S. exports and prices, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.
Beijing renewed a slate of expiring registrations for U.S. facilities exporting pork and poultry to China, according to industry groups, but the beef industry is still waiting on hundreds of renewals.
Hundreds of export licenses for meat facilities that ship products to China are set to expire in the coming days, fueling doubts about future access to a major export market.
China slaps new tariffs on a raft of U.S. agriculture and food exports following new duties. Canada implements the first step of its two-step retaliation plan, while Lutnick teases a potential deal with the U.S.' neighbors.
New U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to raise duties on China.
President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for imposing new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China looms Tuesday, while on Capitol Hill negotiators remain deadlocked over plans to avoid a government shutdown after March 14.
Gregg Doud, former chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, argued Thursday that the U.S. faces a daunting task in kickstarting growth in U.S. agricultural exports.
Ottawa and Beijing have unveiled their opening salvos in retaliation to Trump's tariffs and threats. While ag features prominently in both countries’ tariff lists, the responses are measured, analysts say.
Jamieson Greer, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, pledged to secure new markets for U.S. ag, examine China’s shortcomings under the phase one deal and lower tariff barriers in the biofuels sector.
President Donald Trump may have put Canadian and Mexican tariffs on ice, but import-dependent industries serving farmers are still feeling some tariff whiplash and face new duties on China.