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Member Alert - April 11, 2025
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China Developments: Earlier today, April 11, China announced that it will impose a total reciprocal tariffs retaliatory rate of 125% on all imports from the U.S. starting on April 12. This action was taken following President Trump's increase of the reciprocal tariff assessed on imports from China
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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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News Release: 05/03/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 05 > 03 > 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. dairy leaders from across the country visited Washington, D.C., this week to urge Congress and Trump Administration officials to hold Canada accountable for its trade violations and hasten the repeal of Canada's controversial new dairy pricing system. During a fly-in ral
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News Release: 10/04/2019
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 10 > 04 > 2019
Madison, Wis. - Oct. 4, 2019 - Despite a lingering trade war with China, U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) President and CEO Tom Vilsack listed reasons today for dairy farmers to be optimistic about the long-term growth of U.S. dairy exports, especially in high-demand markets in the Middle Eas
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Member Alert - May 9, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert May 9 2023
The European Union (EU) has issued legislation to ban the use of certain antimicrobial medical products in livestock in an attempt to address the issue of antimicrobial resistance, and the EU is enforcing this ban on all trading partners. Therefore, animal origin products originating from outside of
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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
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News Release: 12/13/2023
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Missouri dairy farmer Alex Peterson, right, is USDEC’s new chair. Becky Nyman, left, a California dairy farmer, was elected as vice chair. In this June USDEC photo, they hold up Calli ice cream cups (made with U.S. milk protein concentrate) while in Southeast Asia on a USDEC-sponsored farme
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New Korea Facility Registration Requirement
Market Access & Regulatory Affairs > Hot Topics Folder > Hot Topics > Hot Topics > New Korea Facility Registration Requirement
Korea implemented a new Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management (The Act) on February 4, 2016 which includes a foreign facility registration component. For livestock facilities, implementation of this bill is scheduled for August 4, 2016. Similar to the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FS
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News Release: 2/24/2026
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases > News Release 2 > 24 > 2026
ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. dairy export volume and value rose to their highest levels in three years in 2025. Vibrant cheese demand outside the U.S., surging interest in protein, and favorable U.S. commodity pricing helped drive U.S. growth. It was a particularly welcome result given that the
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News Release: 7/31/2014
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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 (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) praised a letter to President Obama