free trade

With duty-free access restored, U.S. meat is ready to spice up the UK food scene. We’ve got the scoop on what’s cooking.

All summer, Farmers for Free Trade has been on the road and holding events called Tariff Town Halls in half a dozen states.

For the past eight plus weeks, much of the international focus and concern for the farming community has been on trade and tariffs.  But, for potato growers there are other international concerns.  Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington State Potato Commission said over the past 2-3 years, China and India have become major players, and competitors with the United States when it comes to

It’s been over four years since the United States has entered into a free trade agreement.  Many in the Ag community will say that is one of the many pressures making farming more challenging these days.  House Ag Committee member Dan Newhouse said the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative h...

Earlier this month, the European Union reached an agreement with Brazil, Argentina, and the three other nations that make up the Mercosur trade alliance.  Even as France says it will push the controversial trade deal off course, the agreement ends 25 years’ worth of negotiations.  If appro...

Representatives from 50 U.S. agribusinesses and trade groups and 14 state departments of agriculture will travel to Casablanca, Morocco, on December 2nd-5th.   “This mission offers a crucial opportunity for U.S. agribusinesses to enter into Morocco’s dynamic market and leverage its strategic position for wider American access,” said Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley, who wi

The most recent talks with Japanese officials that began nearly 20 years ago about getting U.S. fresh potatoes access in Japan ended just as they have every other year, in frustration.  National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles said nothing has changed.   “...

Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington State Potato Commission said he started this harvest season with a lot of optimism, but now he’s a bit more cautious.  Voigt said it’s not clear what impact, if any, the prolonged heat of July and August had on this year’s late season varieties, so there is some reason for concern.  But, despite those issues...

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently hosted counterparts from the 13 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework partner countries.  Those partners represent over 40% of the world’s economy.  At the first ...

The Biden Administration and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai have come under fire from lawmakers of both parties in Congress for not pursuing free trade agreements. Washington’s Maria Cantwell, member of the Senate Finance Committee, told Ambassador Tai that farmers in the Evergreen state want free trade deals. “ ...