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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 10/21/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 10 > 21 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, Last year, the United States exported more cheese than any single country in the world. This year, we made the world's best cheese. That's not my opinion but that of the World Cheese Awards held in Bergamo, Italy. On Friday, judges named a cheese from the U.S. "Best Cheese in the
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News Release: 04/28/2017
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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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News Release: 5/1/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and KADIN, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today in a milestone step to deepen cooperation between U.S. and Indonesian dairy industries. The MOU
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News Release: 04/27/2016
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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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News Release: 02/26/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - A new study commissioned by the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Consortium for Common Food Names forecasts severe consequences for U.S. cheese exports if the European Union (EU) is successful in further expanding restrictions on the use of generic terms such as parmesan, asiago and
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Market Commentary 10-05-18
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 10 05 18 - by Alan Levitt
U.S. exports improved in August, led by a 22-month high in shipments of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) to Mexico. In the first eight months of the year, exports of NDM/SMP, whey products and lactose all continued to run at a record pace.Suppliers shipped nearly 190,000 tons of milk powde
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Market Commentary 08-02-19
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 08 02 19 - by USDEC staff
Lost sales to China due to retaliatory tariffs and African swine fever, plus strong competition elsewhere from European and New Zealand suppliers, resulted in lower U.S. export volume in the first half of 2019. Shipments of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey products and lactose were 1.0 million
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News Release: 03/15/2017
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MEXICO CITY -The leaders of three major U.S. dairy organizations Wednesday promised to continue a strong commitment to their time-tested partnership with Mexico's dairy industry and consumers. "We have always seen Mexico as a partner first and a customer second," U.S. Dairy Export Council (USD
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 4/10/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 4 > 10 > 2020 - by Mark O'Keefe
When health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 canceled the U.S. Dairy Export Council's spring board meeting it didn't prevent asking futuristic questions about the pandemic to two of the meeting's headline speakers. USDEC President and CEO Tom Vilsack interviewed Geoff Colvin, senior edi
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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