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Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 Agriculture Secretary Reports Progress at the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2013 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reported progress on a number...
Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 December 20, 2013 -- Yesterday, Agriculture U nder Secretary Michael Scuse joined Tim Hamilton, executive d irector of Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast, as well as Dave Ramirez of...
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Joint Statement on U.S.-Brazil Beef Trade

Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, December 18, 2013 – The United States Department of Agriculture and the Brazil Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food made a joint statement today: The United States and Brazil...
Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2013 – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will travel to Beijing, China to co-chair the 24th session of the U.S.-China...
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WTO Successfully Concludes Bali Ministerial

The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization took place December 3-6, 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, and resulted in the first successful conclusion of multilateral trade negotiations in the two-decade history of the WTO. Statement by...
By Jason Carver, Senior Economist, FAS Global Policy Analysis Division The United States has free trade agreements with 20 countries around the world that expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural producers. To help exporters obtain...
Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-3088 WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade today. USDA projects that Fiscal Year 2013 agricultural exports will reach $140...
Contact: Carol Guthrie (USTR) cguthrie@ustr.eop.gov Courtney Rowe (USDA) Courtney.Rowe@oc.usda.gov WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2013—Today, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the European...
Contact: Ron Lord, (202) 720-6939, ronald.lord@fas.usda.gov WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced an additional action to manage the domestic sugar surplus while operating the sugar program at the least cost...
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently launched an online system that modernizes the way the agency informs the U.S. agricultural industry regarding changes in international food and agriculture regulations that could affect U.S. exports...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and...
By Deanna Ayala, Director, FAS Agricultural Trade Office, Moscow With Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) earlier this year, there is a growing interest in doing business with the Russian food and agricultural sector. This week...