Items Tagged with 'European Union'

Democrats are denouncing President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to slash USDA’s budget by $4.9 billion and boost defense funding to the highest level in decades at $1.5 trillion.

The government's latest report on global trade barriers reflects the Trump administration’s renewed focus on forced labor and industrial overcapacity and offers some insight into ongoing trade negotiations and new agricultural grievances.

Pressure is mounting on both the White House and Congress to provide a new round of payments to farmers.

The international trade committee in the European Parliament is voting today on a trade pact with the U.S. secured last year in Turnberry, Scotland. 

As U.S. agriculture awaits further details on a new U.S.-India deal, some are looking at a recently inked free trade deal between New Delhi and Brussels for clues on the possibilities – and limitations.

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.  

A partnership between ag-tech giant Corteva and oil behemoth BP is eying a 10% share of the EU market for green jet fuel, an optimistic signal for a biofuel industry facing an uncertain policy future. 

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would hike duties on several European countries amid intensifying opposition to his comments around annexing Greenland, casting uncertainty over the future of a U.S.-European Union deal.