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News Release: 04/11/2016
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association asked members of Congress in a letter today to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement while also addressing a number of critical implementation and
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News Release: 09/12/2016
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Ask Trading Partners to Join WTO Dispute Proceedings WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand today issued a joint letter to their respective trade and agriculture officials, expressing indignation about Canada's re
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News Release: 01/30/2017
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Group Urges U.S. Governors to Aid in Preserving Export Markets and 'Consider All Tools at Their Disposal' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. dairy industry this week continued to push back against Canada's protectionist policies that are effectively blocking American dairy imports
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News Release: 2/6/2014
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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: 5/28/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA -- In a key win for U.S. dairy exporters’ ability to help meet Costa Rican dairy demand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Costa Rica’s National Animal Health Service (SENASA) have agreed to put in place a streamlined procedure for registering U.S. dairy facili
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News Release: 5/15/2014
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CONTACTS: Peggy Armstrong, IDFA(202) 220-3508 Christopher Galen, NMPF(703) 243-6111 Alan Levitt, USDEC(703) 528-3049 Arlington, VA A bipartisan group of 177 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today urged the Obama administration to use the transatlantic trade talks with the Europ
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/13/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 13 > 2019 - by Mark O'Keefe and Margaret Speich
"More, new and better” is not just a catchy slogan introduced by U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Tom Vilsack this year. It captures the thrust of what USDEC is doing for its members in markets around the world to push toward “The Next 5%,” the dairy industry goal to
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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: 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 5/28/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 5 > 28 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, For more than a year, USDEC has worked in pursuit of measures that would reduce the competitive disadvantage that free trade agreements between Vietnam and our competitors have created. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership failed to be passed by Congress, USDEC's Trade Policy team,