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Market Commentary 08-19-15
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 19 15 - by Alan Levitt
Following a China buying bubble and return to slower future growth, the world currently needs less milk. World dairy supplies expanded the last five years on the assumption that uninterrupted China growth was almost a sure thing, but that’s no longer the case. In the first half of the year, Ch
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 07/25/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 07 > 25 > 2019 - by Margaret Speich
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The U.S. Dairy Export Council recently joined more than 600 delegates at a meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) with a mission to protect the scientific basis of Codex and shepherd key dairy provisions to final adoption. At the top of the July 8-12 CAC agenda
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News Release: 08/6/2019
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 08 > 6 > 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Consorzio Tutela Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) have signed an historic agreement that is expected to pave the way for a new dialogue on the protection of products of origin in the United
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News Release: 10/19/2015
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 10 > 19 > 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today said it is “critical” that Congress solve the trade dispute over country-of-origin labeling to head off damaging new tariffs on U.S. dairy exports by Canada and Mexico. In a letter to the Senate, the National Milk Producers Federation, U.
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/23/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 23 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear Members, I want to update you on the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Japan over market access for U.S. dairy exports as part of a broader bi-lateral free trade agreement. Talks between the two nations have continued throughout the summer, and negotiators may announce a tentative
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News Release: 2/6/2014
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 2 > 6 > 2014 X2451
CONTACTS: Alan Levitt, USDECPHONE: (703) 528-4801FAX: 703-528-3705alevitt@usdec.org Arlington, VA U.S. dairy exporters took another stride forward in 2013, shipping record levels of milk powder, cheese, whey products, lactose and fluid milk, and gaining share among the world's leading supplie
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News Release: 3/11/2014
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 3 > 11 > 2014
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 A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate weighed in this week on the importance of rejecting European Union efforts to restr
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News Release: 04/25/2016
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 04 > 25 > 2016
Key Dairy Issues, Including Common Food Names, Must be Addressed WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators to address the needs of agriculture – including key dairy issues – in any free trade agreement with th
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News Release: 04/28/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 04 > 28 > 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report on intellectual property issued Friday by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) outlined the Trump Administration's continuing commitment to curtailing the damaging abuses of geographical indications (GIs) - particularly by the European Union (EU). The
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Member Alert - March 12, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert March 12 2025
President Trump's 25 percent universal tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect today. In response, the European Union took two actions, the latter of which impacts U.S. dairy exports: It announced that as of April 1, it will reimpose tariffs of 10 - 50% that it initially implemented in 20