Articles Tagged with ''trade policy''

Economic impact of wolves * Senate GOP sticks with one-bill plan * Ag trade cooperation needed, soy says

Jamieson Greer, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, pledged to secure new markets for U.S. ag, examine China’s shortcomings under the phase one deal and lower tariff barriers in the biofuels sector.

The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to advance the nomination of Brooke Rollins as agriculture secretary this week, while the Senate Finance Committee will take up the far more controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of health and human services.  USDA issues a new farm income forecast amid a new trade war. 

Trump to ‘override’ California water laws * GOP plots budget plans

Agriculture Secretary-nominee Brooke Rollins assured senators Thursday the Trump administration would provide another round financial aid if farmers are hurt by a trade war sparked by increased tariffs. She offered less assurance to farmers concerned about losing workers due to the administration's planned mass deportations. 

Another push for hazard pay * DPR’s active calendar * Trump delays tariff action

President Donald Trump took office for the second time Monday, declaring that the “golden age of America begins right now,” and laying out top policy priorities that include raising tariffs, reclaiming the Panama Canal, securing the southern border and ending the “Green New Deal.”

The U.S. will consider whether to restrict drones made with Chinese and Russian parts over national security and espionage concerns, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, amid increasing drone adoption for agriculture uses. 

President-elect Donald Trump says he is pressing the European Union to ramp up purchases of U.S. oil and gas or face tariffs on its exports to the United States. As of 2023, the EU can adopt countermeasures, including tariffs or import quotas, if the European Commission determines a government is engaging in economic coercion.

Congressional Republicans are likely to move quickly to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s top legislative priority by extending expiring tax provisions and enacting new tax cuts, and some farm bill measures could go along for the ride.