Media outlets are reporting today that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said an agreement has been reached on USMCA and “We could as early as next week see the agreement on the House floor,” according to Jack Irvin, Ohio Farm Bureau…
Trade
U.S., Japan reach trade agreement
Trade negotiations between the United States and Japan have led to an early agreement in the areas of market access for certain agriculture and industrial goods. According to the Trump administration, the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement will provide America’s farmers and…
Some trade wins for U.S. agriculture
Lately, American farmers have not been given much good news when it comes to trade. American Farm Bureau Chief Economist John Newton tells Ohio Farm Bureau Director of Media Relations Ty Higgins that big wins with the USMCA and Japan…
Ohio manufacturers, ag producers need the USMCA
The following op-ed was distributed to newspapers across Ohio for publication. It was co-authored by Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, and Eric Burkland, president of The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association. Ohio’s farmers are enduring a tough year,…
Trade still on the front burner, but it’s a slow burn
Ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remains a top priority of the Trump administration, and it is top of mind of trade-war-weary farmers and everyone involved in the agriculture industry. USMCA, the renegotiated trade deal between the three North American…
Trade agreements in various stages of flux
Representatives from the United States and China got back to the negotiating table in January during a temporary tariff ceasefire between the two countries. China also slowly started to buy more soybeans from American farmers at the end of 2018….
North American trade deal signed, moves to Congress
Despite the signing of the new trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico Nov. 30, work remains as the focus now shifts to Congress and its ratification. The new free trade agreement that took more than a year…
Ag groups want to maintain relationships in Chinese markets
As the trade and tariff war between China and the United States continues, business and government officials from Ohio’s sister state of Hubei Province met with their counterparts in Columbus recently to talk about what the two regions have in…
Tariff relief assistance applications being accepted
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details of $12 billion in short-term relief to farmers as a trade and tariff impasse remains between China and the United States. USDA will offer three programs to assist agricultural producers: The Market Facilitation…
$12 billion in aid for farmers hurting as tariff war continues
The Trump administration announced a $12 billion aid package in late July aimed at helping farmers hurt by the administration’s ongoing trade war with China and others, including traditional allies in the European Union and ongoing, unsettled North American Free…