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The U.S. has scored a big win in a trade dispute with Indonesia at the World Trade Organization.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is threatening to bring back tariffs against certain European Union agricultural exports if the trading bloc doesnÐt ease its ban on U.S. beef treated with hormones.

ItÐs been three months since China announced that it would lift its 13-year ban on U.S. beef, but trade still hasnÐt resumed and the delay is testing the patience of U.S. ranchers.

Peter Navarro, an outspoken critic of China and U.S. trade policy who advised President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign, will lead a newly established National Trade Council in the White House

The U.S. is again challenging China in the World Trade Organization, and this time it°s over the country°s failure to import enough wheat, corn and rice to meet its tariff rate quotas.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 ` The Obama administration has invested nearly two years into forging new ties with Cuba, and a White House official made the case to reporters Tuesday why the Trump administration should not try to roll back changes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2016  A class-action lawsuit filed by corn growers against Syngenta over corn exports that were rejected by China should go to trial next year, as scheduled, after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to review the lower courts certifi

Too many regulatory agencies around the globe take too long to approve genetically modified plant traits, and the result is lost revenue and curbs on innovation, according to a new report that was commissioned by the U.S. and aimed at China.

CongressP decision to take catfish inspection away from the FDA and give it to USDA was sharply criticized as a waste of money and resources at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing today in which only one lawmaker dissented.

High oleic soybean oil is gaining traction in the U.S. as the way to cut out unhealthy trans fatty acids from food, but the soy industry still has plenty of work to do to gain international approval and acceptance of the product made from genetically engineered seeds.