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USDA leaders are traveling across the country to meet with U.S. agricultural stakeholders about the importance of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). TPA is a critical tool in the United States' efforts to seek approval of trade agreements that support...

USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse talks with Florida agriculture leaders at the Port of Tampa about the importance of Trade Promotion Authority. By Rick Dantzler, Florida State Executive Director, Farm Service Agency Recently, I had the pleasure of...

Bipartisan Group of Former Agriculture Secretaries Urges Congress to Pass Trade Promotion Authority

Statement from Secretary Vilsack on Agricultural Producers' Support for Renewal of Trade Promotion Authority

United States and Brazil Reach Agreement to End WTO Cotton Dispute (USTR)

Two years ago this month, the United States and the European Union (EU) implemented an organic equivalence arrangement, meaning products that are certified as organic in the U.S. can also be sold as organic in the EU, and vice versa. This arrangement...

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...

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...

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...