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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 09/11/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 09 > 11 > 2019 X12754
Dear Members: I am pleased to report that the Chinese government today announced plans to unilaterally waive retaliatory tariffs on 16 products impacted by the U.S.-China trade war. Among those products is permeate for feed use. Beginning Sept. 17, 2019, and running through Sept. 16, 2020 (barring
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News Release: 5/17/2024
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases > News Release 5 > 17 > 2024
ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. dairy industry commended the inclusion of three export market access priorities in the farm bill trade title reauthorization legislation introduced today in the House of Representatives. The bill includes the Safeguarding American Value-added Exports (SAVE) Act &ndash
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News Release: 05/18/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 05 > 18 > 2017
Maintain Trade with Mexico and Improve Market Access to Canada, Leaders Say WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. dairy industry commended Robert Lighthizer, the newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative, for taking swift action under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA)
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News Release: 11/27/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 11 > 27 > 2017
Relationship-building pays off as USDEC-led effort boosts U.S. export competitiveness. ARLINGTON, VA. - Effective Dec. 1, 2017, China is unilaterally lowering its cheese tariffs from 12 percent to 8 percent. The move will immediately boost U.S. export competitiveness in China and help U.S. supp
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News Release: 06/18/2020
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 06 > 18 > 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An economic analysis published today shows the serious impact of the European Union's Skim Milk Powder (SMP) Intervention Program on the U.S. dairy industry-especially to U.S. farm-gate milk prices-in the years 2016-2019. The report authors conclude that the United
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 07/26/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 07 > 26 > 2018 - by Kristi Saitama
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by USDEC and China's Jiangnan University looms even larger today than it did four months ago when it was initialed. China's retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. products, including dairy, are likely to put U.S. suppliers at a greater competitive di
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News Release: 8/10/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 8 > 10 > 2021
ARLINGTON, VA - The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) offered their support for bipartisan legislation introduced today by Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD), the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. The dairy industry, as well
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News Release: 04/27/2016
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 04 > 27 > 2016
USTR Special 301 Report Touts Administration Efforts to Battle Proliferation of Trade Barriers that Manipulate Geographical Indications WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today welcomed an assessment of the Obama Administration’s fight to ensure that the EU’s geographic
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Market Commentary 03-07-18
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 03 07 18 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. dairy exporters picked up in 2018 where they left off at the end of 2017, topping the prior-year level for the third straight month. Suppliers shipped 160,746 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose during the month, up 9% from last January. U.S. exports were valued at $415 mil