Items Tagged with 'Indonesia'

Indonesia’s crusade to provide every student with a daily free school meal should drive fresh demand for U.S. dairy and could serve as a model to boost exports to other emerging markets, the sector says.

The U.S. and Indonesia finalized a trade pact to lower tariffs on each other’s products on Thursday and boost ag purchases.

A full U.S. Congress is back in session this week after senators passed a legislative package to fund most of the government through Sept. 30, though not in time to avoid what’s expected to be a brief partial government shutdown. USDA issues a new farm income forecast this week. European lawmakers discuss how to proceed with ratifying a trade pact with the U.S.  

As the Supreme Court weighs the legality of the president's emergency tariffs, an adverse ruling could lengthen ongoing trade negotiations and deal implementation schedules, analysts warn.

Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg is confident that China will fulfill both its near-term 12-million-ton and 25-million-ton minimum soybean purchase commitments under a bilateral deal.

President Donald Trump's recent Asia trip yielded a flurry of trade negotiation developments. Here's an updated snapshot of the provisions that would reduce trade barriers for U.S. ag exports. 

Nine months into his second term, the administration has deployed tariffs on almost every U.S. trading partner. But how much additional agricultural market access has been negotiated so far?

President Donald Trump used his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to cudgel the European Union into mirroring U.S. tariffs on countries buying Russian energy.

New details suggest the trade framework with Indonesia could make headway on longstanding ag trade irritants and boost U.S. competitiveness for products like dairy, but much will depend on how subsequent negotiations play out.

The trade framework that the U.S. has secured with Indonesia includes commitments to streamline U.S. agri-food exports and boost purchases of several U.S. commodities, the White House said on Tuesday.