Items Tagged with 'Jamieson Greer'

The U.S. Trade Representative is proposing tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on a wide range of imports from 60 economies, on the grounds that they’ve failed to block imports of goods produced using forced labor. 

The European Council and Parliament have hashed out an agreement on the path forward for a U.S.-European Union trade pact agreed to last year. Rep. Thomas Massie’s primary loss in Kentucky has Republicans, Democrats and independents recalibrating their political assumptions as the midterm campaign season moves into high gear. 

Details of what President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to around agricultural market access continue to trickle out. 

Agriculture markets are analyzing the outcome of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while U.S. lawmakers are taking in the latest sign of a tumultuous political season ahead. 

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Beijing will commit to purchasing at least $10 billion in U.S. agricultural products annually following President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing.

Lawmakers return to Washington and President Donald Trump travels to Beijing as snarled trade flows dim the outlook for worldwide energy and food supplies. The Senate Agriculture Committee examines elevated fertilizer prices on Tuesday, while the House is expected to vote on a bill to allow year-round E15.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says that USTR Jamieson Greer has recused himself from any discussions on countervailing duties applied to Moroccan and Russian phosphate fertilizers.

Discussions are ongoing within the Trump administration on whether to lift countervailing duties (CVDs) applied to Moroccan and Russian fertilizer imports, with the Agriculture Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative divided over how to proceed.

A proposed E15 amendment to a House farm bill is drawing widespread cheers from farm and biofuel groups. 

The Trump administration is hoping that it can secure commitments from China for expanding agricultural purchases beyond soybeans, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday.