In an email we received this week, a farm journalist, referring to our column on US beef trade, asked what we thought was behind the

by Michael Stumo A spike in beef imports has occurred, but consumers are unaware because a global tribunal said last December that we can’t be

by Michael Stumo Recent reports that Russia is moving towards a war footing got me thinking about the snake oil salesmen selling trade deals. The

As a battle brews on Capitol Hill over the future of catfish inspections, two catfish shipments from China retreated last week, rather than undergo U.S. border inspections.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership does not have the votes to pass the House, according to Ways & Means Committee member Devin Nunes (R-CA), who on June

Trade policy is emerging as a point of tension between the Bernie Sanders team and the party establishment in the drafting of the Democratic Party platform.  [Jonathan

On a bleak February day, in plenty of time to impact the 2016 Indiana presidential primary, a flush U.S. corporation named United Technologies abruptly announced

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  The Pentagon budgets about $15 million every year for athletic shoes vouchers, but not all of it goes to buy American-made footwear. New Balance

  Foreign corporations could sue to undermine US protections for consumers’ health, safety and financial security under a provision added to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership