CPA praised the US Senate’s overwhelmingly positive vote today to curb currency manipulation by foreign countries through the imposition of countervailing duties. A veto-proof majority of Senators approved the bill, entitled the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (S 1269), by a vote of 78-20. “Our domestic producer members have worked…

  In a capitulation to foreign governments, the USDA is signaling its readiness to eliminate country of origin food labeling law in the face of a WTO challenge by Canada and Mexico.  Foreign countries want their imported meat, seafood and produce to be disguised and not labeled as from those other countries.   To justify…

  [by Michael Stumo] The Senate voted to proceed to debate the trade deficit producing Fast Track bill today.  All Republicans and 13 Democrats voted for cloture. The Dems voting for the motion to proceed were Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tom Carper (D-DE),…