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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
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.
The Mexican government is stressing the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the United States amid President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats and preparations for the trade deal's forthcoming review – in which market access for U.S. agriculture could feature prominently.
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.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum touted efforts to substitute Chinese imports with locally produced alternatives and downplayed comments from Canadian policymakers that raised questions over Mexico’s future in a North American trade pact.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Treasury Department to restrict the new 45Z clean fuels tax credit to domestically sourced feedstocks. That would prevent imports of used cooking oil from qualifying for the tax subsidy.
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has a decidedly mixed record when it comes to agriculture in her home state of California, the nation’s No. 1 state by far in agricultural production.
The election of Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico's new president ushers in a new cabinet with a commitment to uphold a six-year ban on imports of genetically engineered corn for food use.
USDA is out with its proposed reforms to federal dairy pricing. The proposals still must be ratified by producers, but the National Milk Producers Federation won some key changes, most notably in how Class 1, or fluid milk, is priced.
Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee met with Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday afternoon and left reiterating concerns about the GOP farm bill proposal.
In this opinion piece, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, criticizes the Biden Administration's trade strategy and the effects it has on ag exports and American farmers.
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