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Pelosi: USMCA vote could slip into 2020

11/21/19 11:45 AM By Spencer Chase

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says negotiations to bring the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the House floor are ongoing, but procedural steps required once a deal with the Trump administration is secured could push a vote into the new year.

House Dems split, but narrowing on USMCA

11/20/19 6:44 AM By Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump has said there are enough Democratic votes in the House to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and lawmakers like Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, agree, but there are still deep reservations by some over how to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Washington Week Ahead: Government funding deadline looms, Dems await trade text

11/16/19 11:30 PM By Philip Brasher

Congress must pass a new stopgap spending bill this week to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the Thanksgiving break, while House Democrats look to nail down a deal with the White House to clear the way for approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Opinion: Three voices. One message. Ratify USMCA now.

11/07/19 1:00 PM By Georgina Gutierrez, Joanna Lidback, and Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel

Joanna Lidback, USA dairy farmer; Cherilyn Nagel, Canadian grain farmer; and Gina Gutierrez, Mexican dairy farmer come together to share their thoughts on a full ratification of USMCA.

US unions and Mexico flex muscles on USMCA

11/06/19 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats and their demands to alter to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement are just one set of obstacles to ratification of the trade pact.

Daybreak: Newsom vetoes CDFA-sponsored bill

10/15/19 12:17 AM By Brad Hooker

Food processors under blackouts * ‘Lot of work’ still on China deal

USMCA talks pick up speed as Dems see ratification soon

09/27/19 1:57 PM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to resolve some of the remaining obstacles to passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Past and present USDA chiefs push Congress to pass USMCA

09/19/19 4:30 PM By Bill Tomson

Former USDA chiefs and current Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are uniting to put more pressure on Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

House Dems to volley USMCA proposals back at USTR

09/12/19 3:40 PM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats are poring over a letter from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on proposed fixes for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said Thursday he’s preparing a response to send back Thursday or Friday.

Fate of USMCA hinges on Trump and Pelosi agreement

07/17/19 6:43 AM By Bill Tomson

Snowballing signals from the White House of losing patience over the slow pace of ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement could force a showdown with House Democrats, and there’s a lot at stake for the U.S. ag sector.

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Rod Hebrink, Compeer Financial

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Rod Hebrink, President and CEO of Compeer Financial. Farmers have spent much of 2019 hoping for better markets, trade agreements and certainly weather. Hebrink says the current farm economy may show similarities to the 1980s, but the financial state of the industry as a whole is much different. Hebrink says government risk management tools and trade assistance have been a lifeline for many operations, but the industry desperately needs open markets and better prices into the new crop year.

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