Importance of Trade Promotion Authority

Randall Weiseman February 18, 2015 Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Specialty Crops

Michael T. Scuse

USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse was in Florida recently to discuss trade issues, specifically Trade Promotion Authority. I asked him how important it was for Congress to grant TPA.

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