WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), today praised U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) approval of a five-year extension of antidumping duties that they say have served to protect the U.S. shrimp industry from unfair import practices. Cochran, Wicker and Palazzo were among the lawmakers who [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has joined more than two dozen senators, both Democrats and Republicans, and sent a letter to the Russian government expressing their concern regarding Russia’s failure to fully honor its recent commitment to allow U.S. poultry products back into Russia. President Obama and Russian President Medvedev reportedly came to an [...] [...]
The Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) last week released the findings of a study evaluating the risks associated with eating catfish. The report, conducted by Exponent, backs CFA’s prior claims that imported fish bring greater risks to public health than domestic aquaculture and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should conduct catfish inspections. Based [...] [...]
SHANGHAI, China — For months, economists have expected Beijing to start boosting the value of its currency about now to ease strains in its fast-growing economy. The big question: Would Chinese leaders put off changes to avoid looking weak in the face of mounting U.S. pressure for action? Washington has helped to defuse that conflict [...] [...]
TOKYO — Washington and Tokyo agreed today to start talking again about American beef, a small but significant step toward relaxing import restrictions that have hindered access to the Japanese market. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his Japanese counterpart, Hirotaka Akamatsu, as part of a four-day trip to promote ties between the two [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — United States trade representative (USTR) Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the United States and Brazil have agreed upon a path toward a negotiated settlement with Brazil over the cotton dispute. The cotton dispute is a long-running issue brought by Brazil against the United States. In 2005 and again [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor yesterday unveiled a new regulation that is the first substantive rulemaking on the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in more than 15 years. The rule will implement changes to the TAA funding formula, as required by the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, which is part of [...] [...]
Leaders gearing up for SEUS-CP conference Trade between the U.S. and Canada has not just fallen of late — it has plummeted. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S.-Canadian trade via surface transportation, which carries nearly 90 percent of the goods to and from The Great White North, fell more than 28 percent in [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will lead a delegation of state business leaders on a business development mission to Chile, Ecuador and Peru from June 16-25, 2010. The trip is designed to connect Mississippi businesses looking to expand trade and create business relationships with opportunities in the three markets. During the mission, participants [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Mexico is losing its certification to export wild-harvest shrimp to the United States because its trawls lack required protections for endangered sea turtles, the State Department said. The department said the certification was withdrawn after the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service determined that Mexico’s turtle excluder devices no longer meet U.S. [...] [...]
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