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News Release: 9/30/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the Dairy Association of Taiwan (DAT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today in a milestone step to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Taiwanese dairy sectors. Th
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News Release: 1/4/2022
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ARLINGTON, VA - The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) celebrated a landmark decision published today which found Canada is improperly restricting access to its market for U.S. dairy products in violation of its U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
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News Release: 04/18/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released an economic analysis of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today and dairy industry officials eager to see USMCA's passage welcomed this key step in the trade agreement approval process. Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of th
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 5/20/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 5 > 20 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, The U.S. Dairy Export Council delivered good news on Friday, May 15, when we informed our members that the Chinese government has officially opened the door to export dairy permeate powder to China for human consumption. In this letter, I want to add my perspective on what this o
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News Release: 7/27/2021
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ARLINGTON, VA - National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Executive Committee member Allan Huttema said USMCA enforcement is essential for the agreement to reach its potential for U.S. dairy farmers in testimony today at a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the impact of the U.S.-Mexico-C
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News Release: 4/16/2015
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CONTACTS: Chris Galen, NMPF(703) 243-6111cgalen@nmpf.org Alan Levitt, USDEC(703) 528-4801alevitt@usdec.org The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council today urged the Senate and House to act quickly on new Trade Promotion Authority legislation, saying the mea
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News Release: 10/02/2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter sent today to President Donald Trump, U.S. food industry groups representing farmers and food manufacturers across several sectors urged the United States to immediately impress upon Japan, Mexico and the Mercosur nations that the lists of geographical indications (GI
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News Release: 01/25/2018
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ARLINGTON, VA - The eradication of Canada's damaging pricing policies and exorbitant tariff barriers must be a key focus of U.S. government trade officials as members of the House Ways and Means Committee head to Montreal this weekend for the fifth round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 7/09/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 7 > 09 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux
Rebound in cheese exports is a pleasant surprise. But among other products, where is the growth? In this week's episode of Market Talk, we take a deeper dive into the May trade data, looking at what drove cheese exports in May, and which ingredient markets are posting the most growth ... and declin
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News Release: 7/08/2020
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ARLINGTON, VA - Arlington, VA - Members of Congress representing dairy districts from across the country joined together today to send a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue asking them to work together to build upon the successes