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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Trade”
There was a renewed sense of optimism as some 4,000 exhibitors met more than 100,000 buyers and other guests at Gulfood, one the world’s largest global food shows held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. John Herath with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has the story. Gulfood 2022 was held Feb. 13-17 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The Biden administration is looking at the possibility of new tariffs on China if they can’t persuade Beijing to live up to its failed commitments under the Phase One trade deal. Reuters says the administration is looking at other possibilities, including a closer working relationship with allies to present a united front against China. Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of …
Foreign Agriculture Service has led USDA’s day-to-day efforts to break down trade barriers and generate export opportunities for U.S. agriculture for 2021. They have tried to get peanuts accepted back into the European Union. These efforts also resulted in market access for U.S. pork to India, poultry to Venezuela, and apples and pears going into Argentina, among others. Tyron Spearman …
In a story earlier this week, we told you that China wound up $16 billion short of achieving its obligations under the Phase One Trade Deal with the U.S. over the past two years. They missed the $40 billion a year goal by $13 billion in 2020 and by $3 billion in 2021. As Gary Crawford reports, the agricultural trade front …
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is reporting that sausages from the U.S. have gained access to a promising new market in Nigeria. Joe Schuele has a story noting how important that market is, as Nigeria’s population is by far the largest in Africa, and ranks seventh largest in the world.
China wound up $16 billion short of achieving its obligations under the Phase One Trade Deal with the U.S. A DTN report says the Biden administration is looking for ways to keep China buying agricultural products. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Ag Committee that the administration is “putting them on notice that we want them to live up …
For quite some time now we’ve been hearing about the backlog at U.S ports, both for imports and exports. Back in June of 2021, the White House announced a new Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to address the short-term issues. Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman recently talked with John D. Porcari, Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. They …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Monday that the government of India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade. This news follows the successful revitalization of the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum held in New Delhi in November 2021. The National …
The new fiscal year is off to a blistering start when it comes to U.S. agricultural export sales. According to a story from Gary Crawford, a new report shows the overall level of global trade in agricultural products is rising. Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with some key agricultural numbers for the first eleven months of 2021.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) is celebrating a landmark decision which found Canada is improperly restricting access to its market for U.S. dairy products in violation of its U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) commitments. The case is the first of any kind brought before a USMCA Dispute Settlement Panel and was launched with …
