Articles Tagged with ''Kent Bacus''

As the U.S. careens towards a new trade pact with China, ag groups warn that Beijing never followed through with many of its ag policy commitments under a 2020 deal. Groups are split, however, on how to proceed.

Parts of the U.S. beef industry are planning to petition the Trump administration to use a forthcoming review of a North American trade pact to secure a lasting solution to mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL). But the industry remains divided on the issue, and it's not clear the labeling has a significant impact on consumers. 

The European Commission is seeking a one-year delay in the implementation of an anti-deforestation law with implications for U.S. beef and soy producers as it looks for answers to a flurry of questions from the U.S. and its other trade partners about how such a policy would work.