Articles Tagged with ''china''

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke Friday with her Chinese counterpart to explain U.S. concerns over outstanding issues from the “phase one” trade pact as well as Chinese “state-led, non-market policies and practices that harm American workers, farmers and businesses,” according to the Office of the USTR.

Lawmakers in the Senate and House are introducing legislation Tuesday to bring greater scrutiny to foreign acquisition of U.S. agricultural businesses in a new effort to keep agricultural supply chains free of overseas control.

Scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service say they have created a vaccine that is shown to offer protection from African swine fever.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is getting a well-known figure in the ag policy arena for its next CEO: Former U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney.

The world supply of beef is tight, but China’s appetite for the meat is growing fast, and that’s a boon for U.S. producers and exporters.

The Biden administration announced Monday its plan to nominate Elaine Trevino, president of the Almond Alliance of California and former deputy secretary for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

One of the world's largest agribusinesses, Syngenta Group, said products that enable farmers to grow food more sustainably helped lead the company to record sales in the first half of 2021, with business volume up 24% compared to the same period in 2020.

Propelled by surges in sales to China, Mexico and Cuba, U.S. exports of chicken and eggs are at a record pace after the first six months of 2021, and a new analysis released Wednesday by the U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council says trade is expected to continue strong through the rest of the year.

China’s not yet buying new crop soybeans from the U.S. as fast it did at this time last year, but U.S. sales are still historically strong and increasing quickly in August.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative still isn’t ready to sit down with Chinese trade officials and hash out a new path forward for trade relations, but U.S. farm groups are losing patience with the status quo.