Minutes. Good morning. I call this meeting in the Senate Committee on agriculture forestry to order. The ambassador doud, mckinney and johansen we are happy to have you back again for the committee to discuss the need for certainty and our Global Agriculture markets. International trade policies and their impacts on the United States agricultural economy. Has been a topic of great interest over the last few years. And more particularly the last few months. In fact, it is the second time in the last year we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the United States trade representative and the department of agriculture. I hope eventually it will result in a longterm, reliable markets for the United States agriculture. A great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee perhaps the most significantly to our members was the successful passage and enactment of the 2018 farm bill. With the help of everybody here. Much like the negotiati
Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha
Thank you. Im going to give you the last word. Thank you all for joining, and thank you for having us. Thank you all very much. Next, a discussion about congressional efforts on trade policy, enforcement, and access to global markets. Republican representative Adrian Smith Nebraska and the Vice President of gap inc. Took part in the discussion. Smith criticizes the Biden Administration for not doing enough on trade. Thank you, everybody, for your patience with us. I would like to welcome to the stage congressman adrian smith with Stephanie Lester gap think of gap inc. Thank you for sticking with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. We are delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage. Hes a good friend of the trade community, the chairman of the house ways and Means Committee and subcommittee, adrian smith of nebraskas third congressional district, which im told is 65,000 square miles, one of the largest nonatlarge districts in the country
Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha
Thank you everybody for your parks with us and welcome adrian smith with Stephanie Lester of gaap i inc. Thank you for stickg with us for the closing session of the 2024 Washington International trade conference. Were delighted to welcome our final speaker on stage hes a good friend of all of us in the trade and weighs and mean Sub Committee adrian smith of nebraskas third Congressional District which im told is about 65,000 square miles it is one of the largest nonat large districtss in the country bigger thane 26 states if my math is correct. Thank you so much adrian for joining us and stephanie the Vice President of board of directors thank you for joining us as well. Thank you thrilled to be here with you chairman smith. A little bit more about you a little fun facts i its not only large geographically but your district is the number one agriculture producing district by market value right . Right. Few otherg things too. In agriculture well, youre a big nebraska volleyball fan. Tha