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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 13, 2024
A group of House Republicans has appealed to President-elect Donald Trump to negotiate trade agreements that open new markets for U.S. cotton farmers during his second term.
President Joe Biden’s choice to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator spent much of his nomination hearing arguing that he and the U.S. trade representative will be able to increase foreign market access for U.S. farm goods without negotiating new free trade agreements, but Republican senators weren't buying it.
President Trump urged administration officials and oil-state senators to find a solution to refiners’ gripes about the Renewable Fuel Standard that would satisfy them as well as corn growers, the senators say.