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• Apr 30, 2024

  News Release: 4/30/2024

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  ROME, ITALY –  U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) President and CEO Krysta Harden and World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) Secretary General Andrea Porro today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deepen collaboration between their organizations in supporting greater farmer rep

• Apr 6, 2015

  News Release: 04/06/2015

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  CONTACTS: Chris Galen, NMPFPHONE: (703) 243-6111FAX: 703-841-9328cgalen@nmpf.org Alan Levitt, USDEC(703) 528-4801alevitt@usdec.org Peggy Armstrong, IDFAPHONE: 202-220-3508FAX: 202-331-7820parmstrong@idfa.org The dairy industry today praised the more than 75 House members who have urged the

• May 17, 2019

  News Release: 05/17/2019

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  ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. dairy officials today congratulated the governments of the United States, Mexico and Canada for reaching an agreement to roll back metal tariffs that have soured U.S.-Mexico cheese trade and slowed passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The United States a

• Dec 12, 2019

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 12/12/2019

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 12 > 12 > 2019 - by Margaret Speich and Mark O’Keefe

  When Oscar Ferrara joined the U.S. Dairy Export Council in November, he found the lack of traffic refreshing. That may seem odd to those who complain about the unpredictable backups and delays in Washington and its surrounding cities and suburbs. But Ferrara has a global frame of reference that help

• Jan 15, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 1/15/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 1 > 15 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack

  Dear USDEC Members, After months of high-stakes negotiations, the United States and China signed a Phase One trade deal today. The ink has barely dried on the document. But I wanted our members to have information as soon as possible. You are understandably wondering what this means for our industry

• Jul 30, 2020

  News Release: 7/30/2020

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    ARLINGTON, VA -- A diverse range of farm and agricultural industries is praising a bipartisan Senate letter sent today to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging stronger international safeguards to protect U.S. exporters using co

• Jul 15, 2015

  News Release: 07/15/2015

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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 and the U.S. Dairy Export Council today commended a bipartisan and regionall

• Jul 16, 2021

  News Release: 7/16/2021

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  ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today commended Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai for hosting a trade forum at a Wisconsin dairy farm. Several dairy farmers had the opport

• Jan 25, 2018

  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

• Oct 1, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 10/1/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 10 > 1 > 2020 - by Vikki Nicholson-West and Kristi Saitama

  U.S. SMP exports to Southeast Asia grew 72% in the first seven months of 2020 (compared to January-July 2019), and the region is well on its way to displacing Mexico as our No. 1 SMP market this year. WPC and WPI sales to Southeast Asia were up a healthy 38% over the same period. Those are very good