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Yesterday at USDA, President Obama, Secretary Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman met with agriculture and business leaders from around the country to discuss the benefits of the recent Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to President Barack Obama explain how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) provides a more level playing field in trade to agriculture and business leaders at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015.
President Barack Obama explains how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) provides a more level playing field in trade to agriculture and business leaders at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015.
President Barack Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listen to reporters questions at a roundtable discussion with agriculture and business leaders regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D. C. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. With the TPP agreement and its removal of unfair trade barriers, American agricultural exports to foreign regions will expand even further.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement following the successful conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: "An agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations provides a more level playing field in trade for American farmers. The agreement would eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs on our products and deter non-science based sanitary and phytosanitary barriers that have put American agriculture at a disadvantage in TPP countries in the past. Despite these past barriers, countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently account for up to 42 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, totaling $63 billion. Thanks to this agreement and its removal of unfair trade barriers, American agricultural exports to the region will expand even further, particularly exports of meat, poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables, grains, oilseeds, cotton and processed products. Food and Agriculture Groups Express Optimism and Confidence in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2015 – Leaders from across the U.S. agriculture and food sector have continued to express their optimism and confidence in the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Yesterday, trade ministers from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam concluded negotiations for the TPP—one of the largest trade deals in recent history. For America's food and agriculture sector, which has remained a bright spot in the country's economy for the past seven years, TPP would create more American jobs and drive the nation's rural economy. U.S. agricultural trade with the 11 TPP countries accounted for 42 percent of U.S. agricultural exports in 2014, contributing $63 billion to the U.S. economy.
New USDA Fact Sheets Illustrate State-by-State Benefits of Trans-Pacific Partnership WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a series of fact sheets illustrating how the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement can boost the U.S. agriculture industry, supporting more American jobs and driving the nation's rural economy. Created by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the fact sheets graphically depict how each state and individual commodities stand to benefit from increased agricultural trade with the 11 other TPP countries.
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