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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met virtually Monday with U.S. agriculture organizations to discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s trade agenda and to hear from the organization’s on specific trade priorities.
Meetings were held with the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, National Potato Council, National Milk Producers Federation and the Northwest Horticultural Council. The Ambassador expressed her desire to support U.S. agriculture producers in a worker-centered trade policy and she committed to staying in close communication, according to a readout from USTR.
Jim Mulhern, NMPF president and CEO, and NMPF’s Chairman Randy Mooney offered to closely collaborate with Tai and the entire Biden administration on trade in order to strengthen the health of the U.S. dairy industry to allow for further expansion of the hundreds of thousands of dairy-reliant jobs across the country.
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May 4, 2021 | 6:40 AM
The Consortium for Common Food Names, National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council recently commended U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tia for announcing an opinion on geographic indicators. USTR’s Special 301 Report, an annual publication tallying global challenges pertaining to intellectual property issues, called out the EU’s policy of blocking fair competition through the pursuit of geographical indications. The dairy groups say geographic indicators restrict the use of common food and beverage terms, which create barriers to trade in products relying on common food names. The Consortium for Common Food Names Executive Director Jaime Castaneda says, “USTR has accurately diagnosed the problem,” adding, “Now the task before the U.S. is to take the necessary steps to effectively curb this scourge to U.S. food and agricultural producers.” The Consortium for Common Food Names filed extensive comments with
Dairy trade’s efforts build prosperity
More than 70 years ago, Robert and Dottie Jacquier started Laurelbrook Farm with just 18 cows and nothing to their name. This March, their grandson, Jim known as “Cricket” testified before a House Committee on Agriculture hearing on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation and shared how dairy exports helped his family’s farm grow and thrive across four generations.
“The opportunities for the next generation would not have been possible without the market opportunities created by trade agreements that support dairy exports,” Cricket told Congress.
Trade wins overseas deliver tangible benefits for America’s dairy farmers and rural communities here at home. That is why we in dairy invest in dismantling tariff and nontariff barriers and expanding market access.