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International Agricultural Trade Report

Free Trade Agreements and U.S. Agriculture

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) help expand foreign markets for U.S. producers and exporters by reducing trade barriers, fostering a more stable and transparent environment for trade and investment...
The German government has highlighted that TTIP will not undermine food safety standards and that American exporters have to meet European regulations.
Graphic illustrating the growth of U.S. agricultural exports in response to trade agreements over the past 70 years.
The Philippines and Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – signed a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 28, 2016.
Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL) has not granted an extension to the United States to allow trade to flow during the continuation of negotiations on a new...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Mexico: Mexico Lifts Ban for U.S. Poultry Products

SAGARPA, through the Import and Export Directorate, announced the lifting of the restrictive measures applied to U.S. poultry and poultry products intended to be exported to Mexico.
International Agricultural Trade Report

A Review of U.S. Tariff Rate Quotas for Beef Imports

The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef but it also imports more beef than any other country.
Tralac held its annual conference in Swakopmund, Namibia on April 7 – 8, 2016. The conference highlighted the importance and challenges for rules based governance, and growing Intra-Africa Trade.
Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack’s March 13-16 visit to Lima invigorated the $3 billion U.S.- Peru bilateral agricultural trade relationship, reopening the Peruvian market to U.S. beef.
Graphic illustrating the change in composition of U.S. agricultural shipments to the EU between 1995 - 2015.
International Agricultural Trade Report

EU Agricultural Exports, Trade Surplus with U.S. Reach Record Levels in 2015

While the United States had a $16 billion agricultural trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2015, it ran a record $12 billion trade deficit in farm and food products with the European Union.
Graphic illustrating the growth of U.S. agricultural and related product exports to Chile between 2000 - 2015.