For immediate release: September 18, 2015   USDA Proposes Today to Allow Fresh Beef Imports from Africa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Billings, Mont. – After decades of depressed cattle prices that triggered the unprecedented liquidation of the U.S. cow herd that began in 1996, reports indicate that U.S. cow-calf producers are beginning to experience better times.…

  U.S. Business & Industry Council China Briefing: Assessing the State Visit of President Xi Jinping: How to Define Progress in Resolving Sino-US Issues  U.S. lawmakers, media, and public need to know how to identify real progress on the many outstanding issues between the two countries.  This events brings together distinguished experts and a leading Chinese…

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During an interview with FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo U.S. Steel CEO Mario Longhi discussed how China is impacting the U.S. steel industry. [Reposted from the Fox News website  |  Julia Limitone  |  September 18th, 2015] “The steel business in general in the United States is under severe attack. Because… China has been dumping material…

  Chinese firms build, acquire parts plants as toehold in mature markets; Malibu door handles A two-year-old factory near Kansas City gives a good look at China’s strategy for becoming a global force in autos. [by Colum Murphy in Shanghai and Jeff Bennett in Riverside, MO | September 18, 2015 | Wall Street Journal] The…