Agriculture Department, USTR looking for new outside advisers on ag trade issues

[Daily News | November 04, 2016 |Inside US Trade] A handful of federal advisory committees on agriculture trade issues are in need of new members, according to the Agriculture Department. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a press release that the departments are accepting nominations through Nov. 18 for the Agricultural Policy…

Dairy Survey Underscores Producer Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 7, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106[email protected] Dairy Survey Underscores Producer Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership   WASHINGTON (November 7, 2016) – As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) struggles to gain support on Capitol Hill, Wisconsin dairy farmers overwhelmingly agree that Congress should reject the trade agreement in its current form. In a survey of…

TPP bills moving forward in Japan, New Zealand

[Daily News | November 07, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Trans-Pacific Partnership bills continue to advance in Japan and New Zealand as both countries move toward ratification. The Nikkei Asian Review reports today that a lower house committee voted to approve TPP on Friday “without the participation of the main opposition Democratic Party’s lawmakers who walked out ahead of…