Tag: New Zealand
Ag Trade: U.S. Policy Flux Hurting Farmers – DTN Mar 6, 2019
Backing out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an ongoing trade battle with China and resulting retaliatory tariffs against the United […]
Ag Trade: U.S. Competitors Spending More on Promotional Programs Feb 22, 2018
The latest analysis of foreign export promotion program investment shows that several competing countries and the European Union spent close to $1 billion in public funds on agricultural export promotion […]
Wheat Market: Revised Trans-Pacific Partnership Puts U.S. Exports at Risk Jan 23, 2018
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are expressing concern that a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that excludes the United States puts overseas demand for […]
DDGS Exports Set New Record To Southeast Asia Jan 19, 2018
Considerable concern surrounded the export potential for U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) following an adverse trade policy decision by Vietnam, a historic top buyer, in December 2016. Instead, […]
U.S. Dairy Group Tells Trump that Canadian Policies Violate NAFTA – DTN Jan 12, 2017
The U.S. dairy industry is telling President-elect Donald Trump that Canada’s dairy policies are protectionist and meant mainly to block imports from the U.S. Further, Canada’s policies are a […]
Failure of Trans-Pacific Partnership Will be Costly for Agriculture Trade – DTN Nov 4, 2016
Despite all the anti-trade campaign rhetoric, the Obama administration is continuing its uphill push to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership through Congress in the lame-duck session. On a call Thursday […]
Beef Association Supports Trans-Pacific Trade Talks – DTN Feb 6, 2015
The Trans Pacific Partnership talks are a rare opportunity for U.S. agriculture to lower tariffs and expand market access into Japan and other emerging Asian markets, a key player in […]