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• Nov 30, 2018

  News Release: 11/30/2018

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  ARLINGTON, VA - The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commended the Trump Administration today for signing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which had been agreed to in principle on Sept. 30.  The USMCA will benefit America's dairy secto

• Jun 24, 2015

  News Release: 06/24/2015

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  CONTACTS: Chris Galen, NMPFPHONE: (703) 243-6111FAX: 703-841-9328cgalen@nmpf.org Alan Levitt, USDECPHONE: (703) 528-4801FAX: 703-528-3705alevitt@usdec.org ARLINGTON, VA – The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council today thanked the Senate for passing and s

• Apr 3, 2025

  News Release: 4/3/2025

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  “President Trump’s commitment to addressing certain unfair and harmful trade policies that American dairy farmers and manufacturers have long faced in the global marketplace can yield positive results if the tariffs announced today are used as leverage to remedy the various trade barrie

• Apr 2, 2026

  News Release: 4/2/2026

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  ARLINGTON, VA — The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) commended USTR for spotlighting persistent trade barriers facing U.S. dairy exporters in the 2026 National Trade Estimate report.  "The inclusion

• May 28, 2020

  News Release: 05/28/2020

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  ARLINGTON, VA. - Vietnam has signed a decree unilaterally lowering tariffs on key dairy products and ingredients, including skim milk powder, whole milk powder, cheese, milk albumin and protein isolate. The decree goes into effect on July 10. Most tariffs on dairy products and ingredi

• Apr 17, 2018

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 04/17/2018

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 04 > 17 > 2018 - by Margaret Speich and Luke Waring

  When USDEC President and CEO Tom Vilsack, speaking at last month's USDEC Board of Directors Meeting, highlighted dairy export opportunities in the Middle East/North Africa market, he drew from his visit to the region earlier this year for the Gulfood expo. In addition to meeting with customers, ta

• Aug 31, 2018

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/31/2018

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 31 > 2018 - by Nina Bakht Halal

  Middle East/North Africa (MENA) dairy import demand has come back very strong in 2018. In the first half of the year, imports of milk powder, cheese, butterfat and whey were up 17 percent from the prior year, and U.S. volume was up 75 percent. Here’s an update in the key nations of Egypt, Sa

• Aug 26, 2019

  News Release: 08/26/2019

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  Iowa Senator and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley joined former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack today in Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss the benefits that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will deliver to Iowa agriculture. Vilsack and Grassley toured the Anderson Erickson Dair

• Oct 26, 2025

  News Release: 10/26/2025

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  ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) praised today’s announcement of new trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia and new trade agreement frameworks with Thailand and Vietnam, strengthening U.S. dairy’s pos

• Feb 3, 2026

  News Release: 2/3/2026

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  ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today commended USDA’s Food for Peace funding allocations for fiscal year 2025 that include support for Ready-to-Use Supplementary Foods that incorporate milk powders. The announcements f