NSAC Archives for the 'Trade' Category
European Union and U.S. Agree to New Organic Trade Partnership
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Today, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced that open trade of organic products between the United States and the European Union will begin June 1, 2012. The U.S. and the E.U. are the world’s two largest organic markets, with a combined market value of $50 billion. The new partnership will eliminate the double fees, inspections, Read the Rest…
WTO Panel Rules Against Basis of COOL Regulations
Monday, November 21st, 2011
On Friday, November 18, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel released a ruling against the major underpinnings of U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations that let consumers in the U.S. know the origins of meat products from cattle and hogs. The U.S. Trade Representative has not yet announced whether the U.S. will appeal this Read the Rest…
USDA Accepting Applications for Agricultural Trade Advisory Committees
Monday, October 24th, 2011
The face of America – and of American agriculture – is changing. The number of farms in the United States has grown 4 percent and the operators of those farms have become more diverse in the past five years, according to results of USDA’s most recent Census of Agriculture. According to the Census, the numbers Read the Rest…
