CPA AGRICULTURE CO-CHAIR, PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA FARMERS UNION
John Hansen is president of Nebraska Farmers Union. He was first elected to his first two-year term in 1989 and has been re-elected every two years since. Hansen serves on a number of National Farmers Union Committees and Boards including the Executive, Budget & Audit, Legislative, Meritorious Service, and Regenerative Agriculture and Local Foods Committees. He also serves on the NFU Foundation, PAC, and Services Association boards. Before moving to Lincoln to serve as President in 1990, he operated a diversified grain and livestock operation in Madison County, NE.
In 2022, during the last Congress, House Democrats passed the Import Security and Fairness Act, which would deny de minimis treatment for all Chinese merchandise.
After three years of languishing in limbo, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a quasi-free trade deal with more than 100 developing nations, will move out of the House Ways and Means Committee to the full House.
At a time when China continues its attempts to decimate American manufacturers and workers through predatory trade activity, Chairman Jason Smith’s leadership on trade issues has been a welcome improvement over previous chairs that have rubber stamped failed free trade programs.
USTR Katherine Tai sat for a two hours-plus hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday to discuss trade matters and was met early on by some staunch criticism.
