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Daybreak March 9: Blunt makes it five GOP retirements

03/09/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

Longtime Senate appropriator and GOP dealmaker Roy Blunt of Missouri is the fifth GOP senator to announce that he’s not seeking re-election. Blunt is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and former ranking Republican on the Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee that writes the annual budgets for USDA and FDA.

South Korea close to filling quota pledge for US rice

09/24/20 12:21 PM By Bill Tomson

South Korea, in a deal struck with the Trump administration last November, agreed to buy at least 132,304 metric tons of U.S. rice annually and the country is getting close to meeting that promise for 2020, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

South Korea agrees to quota for US rice

11/20/19 6:15 AM By Bill Tomson

After years of negotiation, South Korea has agreed to U.S. demands to set up a quota to ensure imports of U.S. rice, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.

Plant-based meat is a mixed bag abroad, and a pricey one

11/13/19 6:36 AM By Ed Maixner

Meat exporters’ scouts abroad describe plant-based meat substitutes as popular in spots, a curiosity or absent in others, and too pricey so far in most places.

Washington Week Ahead: Trump pushing lawmakers to reach aid deal

05/12/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The House and Senate are pursuing a deal on disaster aid with just two weeks left until the self-imposed deadline of Memorial Day and little sign of progress on the major reasons for the impasse.

US car tariffs threaten to add to ag retaliation woes

03/06/19 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

Retaliation from around the world to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs is still hitting farmers and ranchers here hard, but the pain could get a lot worse if President Donald Trump follows through with threats to impose new import taxes on cars and car parts.

US ups the pressure on South Korea for more ag access

11/14/18 6:50 AM By Bill Tomson

U.S. negotiators are getting frustrated with South Korea's continued refusal to allow in more products from American farmers, including rice and apples.

US, South Korea sign off on free trade agreement

09/24/18 5:46 PM By Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump and South Korea President Moon Jae-in today signed off on the renegotiated United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), putting an end to concerns from the U.S. farm sector about possibly losing the six-year old pact that has spurred American agricultural exports.

Brazil's Marfrig buys controlling interest in National Beef Packing Co.

04/18/18 6:15 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Marfrig Global Foods acquires control of National Beef Packing Company.

US and Korea agree to fix Trump trade concerns

03/28/18 6:44 AM By Bill Tomson

U.S. and South Korean negotiators have reached a preliminary agreement to preserve the six-year-old free trade pact between the two countries that has been very lucrative for U.S. agricultural exports, say Trump administration officials.

Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate

In this opinion piece, Daren Bakst and Gabriella Beaumont-Smith with The Heritage Foundation discuss the potential fallout from Mexico’s bans and what the administration can do.

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05.13.2021

Washington Week in Review: May 13, 2021: Rep. Ron Kind on trade, taxes

It's a busy time on the House Ways and Means Committee with infrastructure legislation on the agenda and trade policy top of mind. In this interview, Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., chats China, paying for the infrastructure bill, and where he sees things going with the stepped-up basis.

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