by Associated Press Published: April 8,2010
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 allies. [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 7,2010
Tags: agriculture, global competition, global markets, international trade
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 in [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 7,2010
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 the [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 4,2010
Tags: international trade
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 2009 [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 2,2010
Tags: economic development, international trade, state agency
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 will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2010
Tags: environment, international trade, shrimp
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. standards. [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 23,2010
Tags: international trade, NAFTA
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico decreased by 23.3 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, dropping to $637 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The 23.3 percent decline in trade was the largest year-to-year decline for the 15 years [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 19,2010
Tags: construction, construction materials, drywall, international trade, product safety
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are pressing the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to establish a public information campaign to alert homeowners to the potential fire hazards posed by corrosive drywall imported from China. Cochran and Wicker are among six Senators who today asked the USFA, an agency within the Federal [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 19,2010
Tags: agriculture, international trade, swine flu
The United States and China have reached an agreement to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and pork products, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today. “When I traveled to China with U.S. Trade Representative Kirk in October, our discussions with Chinese officials laid the groundwork for reopening this market,” [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 18,2010
Tags: international trade
WASHINGTON — The current account trade deficit widened in the fourth quarter, reflecting an improving economy, but the imbalance for all of 2009 fell to the lowest point in eight years. Economists believe the deficit will increase in 2010 but not return to the record heights seen before the recession. The Commerce Department said today the [...] [...]
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