Items Tagged with 'U.S. Mexico Canada trade agreement'

The holiday season is in full swing and 2025 in the final stretch as lawmakers and the Trump administration face a bundle of unfinished agriculture business. This includes key biofuel issues and financial relief for crop growers hurt by tariffs. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said an announcement on a support package for farmers is imminent and could land at soon as this week.

Most Mexican consumers who are familiar with their government’s ban on biotech corn for human consumption support the restriction and are willing to pay significantly higher prices for non-GMO foods, according to a study by University of Arkansas economists.

Republican vice presidential nominee and first-term senator JD Vance made a populist, America First case against President Joe Biden Wednesday night, tying him to trade deals that cost American jobs and pledging to stop the replacement of American workers with immigrant labor.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pledged at USDA's Ag Outlook Forum to continue fighting a Mexican ban on biotech corn imports, and she played down the U.S. trade deficit on agricultural products. Two U.S. ambassadors encouraged American ag exporters to take advantage of sales opportunities in Vietnam and the Philippines.

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is due to announce this week what steps he'll to take to tighten leadership of the agency’s food programs, while the Senate Agriculture Committee resumes its hearings on the next farm bill, and corn growers try to raise awareness of Mexico's looming ban on biotech corn.