Articles Tagged with ''tariffs''

Top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says the administration is still planning to raise its global tariff to 15%.

The international trade committee in the European Parliament is voting today on a trade pact with the U.S. secured last year in Turnberry, Scotland. 

Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman is vowing to keep working with fellow panel members to get more financial aid to struggling farmers. Boozman acknowledged at a hearing Tuesday on finding new ag markets, “If you're putting something in the ground, you're probably losing money,” Boozman said in opening remarks at a hearing Tuesday on domestic ag markets.

Republicans moved their farm bill out of the House Agriculture Committee early today after a marathon, highly partisan debate.

“We’ve been Midwest nice for too long.” That was the E15 rallying cry of Ohio corn farmer Jed Bower at last week’s Commodity Classic. It also was one of the biggest applause lines — if not the biggest – during the ag gathering of more than 12,000 attendees in San Antonio.  The message is a salvo to lawmakers in Washington stuck on how to tackle legislation that would allow year-round, nationwide sales of higher ethanol blends, known as E15.  

The House Agriculture Committee this week launches what is likely to be a highly partisan battle over a GOP farm bill, even as much of Washington’s attention will be focused on the ripple effects of the U.S. attack on Iran.

President Donald Trump has a crucial chance tonight to shore up his party’s political standing heading into the midterm elections. Trump is giving his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress just days after expressing anger over the Supreme Court's tariff decision, which is likely to figure significantly in the speech.

There’s no sign of a deal on year-round E15 ahead of Sunday’s self-imposed deadline for House Republicans. But Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson tells Agri-Pulse that E15 won’t be included in the upcoming farm bill, even if GOP lawmakers can agree on a deal in time.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is headlining the cattle industry’s annual convention, CattleCon, today in Nashville, Tennessee.

The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans will say that American diets should still contain no more than 10% of calories from saturated fats.