Articles by Bill Tomson

When it comes to rallying public sentiment, anti-trade forces will always have the advantage over those who support massive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developm

The U.S. will take all the help it can get in pushing forward negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union ` and that`s one of the reasons USDA Acting Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse is in Eastern Europe.

The House Appropriations Committee today voted 31 to 18 to approve a $32.1 billion spending bill to fund the Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service in fiscal year 2017. The bill includes a provision that would block the EPA from implementing its

Representatives of the U.S. agriculture sector say they will keep on fighting to build support in the country and on Capitol Hill for the Trans-Pacific Partnership despite a lack of enthusiasm for their efforts among many members of Congress.

In most years Turkey is a big buyer of U.S. medium grain rice, but the country could be an even bigger market if not for its strict ban on genetically modified food, according to U.S. industry and government officials.

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Chip Bowling, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Cuban Trade Embargo, Rob Johansson, H-2A, Dan Newhouse, Sanford Bishop, Suzan DelBene, Elise Stefanik, Thomas Perez, Leon Rodriguez, U.S. Wheat Associates, Gerald Theus

While fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is at an all-time low, Republican lawmakers complained sharply during a three-hour hearing Thursday that USDA needs to do a better job of combating it and said states should get more control over the initiative formerly known

USDA€s efforts to approve China to export processed chicken to the U.S. sets a strong example of how trade should be based on science and international rules, Alexis Taylor, the department€s deputy under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, said Wednes

It's been nearly a year and a half since China initiated a total ban on chicken and eggs from the U.S., following the detection of avian influenza, and there are still no signs that Chinese officials are willing to consider a more limited, regional approach to the prohibiti