Insights and Stories on USTR

New U.S. ag trade chief demands Canada broaden dairy quota access

Feb. 10, 2023 at 8:25 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Canada must let U.S. processors of cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk powder and other dairy products have access to its import quotas to resolve a second U.S. dairy trade challenge, Washington’s new agricultural trade boss told Reuters. Doug McKalip, chief agricultural trade negotiator for the U.S. […]

U.S. lawmakers call for action over Mexico’s GM corn ban

Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:34 am CST

By Cassandra Garrison

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

U.S. requests CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

May. 25, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

By David Lawder

New U.S. trade chief Tai focused on CUSMA, China ties in calls

Mar. 22, 2021 at 9:31 pm CDT

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

U.S. trade body rules blueberry imports do not harm industry

Feb. 11, 2021 at 8:04 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. throws down CUSMA challenge on Canada’s dairy import limits

Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm CST

Five months and counting since the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement came into force, the U.S. government has launched a CUSMA challenge of how Canada applies tariff exemptions on dairy imports. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday he has served Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng with written notice that the U.S. […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax

Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:58 am CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100 per cent on US$2.4 billion in imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France’s new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies. The U.S. […]

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

Canada, U.S. to challenge India’s pulse price supports

Feb. 18, 2019 at 1:59 am CST

Canada and the U.S. are set to challenge India’s market price supports for certain pulses including chickpeas and lentils. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday announced that “together with Canada” they’ve submitted a “counter notification” on the matter to the World Trade Organization […]

By GFM Staff

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

Oct. 2, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday and dubbed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the […]

By GFM Staff

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

Jun. 7, 2018 at 7:17 pm CDT

Des Moines | Reuters — More than 14 per cent of US$140 billion in annual U.S. farm exports have been or are likely to be hit by retaliatory tariffs in trade disputes with countries such as China and Mexico, a top U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday. Mexico imposed tariffs […]

By Tom Polansek

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