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USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation (USDA website)

CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov Washington, DC, August 7, 2018 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow commercial...

CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 30, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today celebrated the reintroduction of American pork products to the Argentine market after more than 20 years by...

CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov WASHINGTON, July 27, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding this week’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on newer mutagenesis methods...

CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade...

CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., July 12, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is announcing that the government of Japan has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. sheep and goat exports into the country for...

Contact: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916 WASHINGTON, July 2, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2019 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw cane and refined sugars. USDA is establishing the FY 2019 TRQ for...

Contact: press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., May 25, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer announced today that the Trump Administration has requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., May 9, 2018 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States submitted a counter notification in the World Trade Organization...

By Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture May is World Trade Month, a time to recognize and echo the importance of global trade, particularly fair trade. As we kickoff World Trade Month here at USDA, it’s important to...

CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., April 13, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today announced the government of Argentina has finalized technical requirements that will allow...

CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., March 28, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding the agreement in principle reached by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Republic of...