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• Mar 12, 2025

  Member Alert - March 12, 2025

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  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

• Apr 3, 2025

  News Release: 4/3/2025

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  “President Trump’s commitment to addressing certain unfair and harmful trade policies that American dairy farmers and manufacturers have long faced in the global marketplace can yield positive results if the tariffs announced today are used as leverage to remedy the various trade barrie

• Apr 2, 2026

  News Release: 4/2/2026

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  ARLINGTON, VA — The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) commended USTR for spotlighting persistent trade barriers facing U.S. dairy exporters in the 2026 National Trade Estimate report.  "The inclusion

• Apr 25, 2016

  News Release: 04/25/2016

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  Key Dairy Issues, Including Common Food Names, Must be Addressed WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators to address the needs of agriculture – including key dairy issues – in any free trade agreement with th

• Sep 7, 2022

  News Release: 9/7/2022

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  ARLINGTON, VA –  The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today called for the full Senate to swiftly confirm Doug McKalip to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) after the Senate F

• Aug 6, 2025

  News Release: 8/6/2025

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  ARLINGTON, VA – A first-of-its-kind study published in the peer-reviewed journal Food Policy concludes that by complementing local production, U.S. dairy exports to lower and middle-income countries (LMICs) significantly increased availability of critical nutrients that help combat malnu

• Jun 5, 2014

  News Release: 6/5/2014

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  CONTACT: Elizabeth Hockerman 262-938-5565 ehockerman@bader-rutter.com Arlington, VA Consumers are increasingly interested in adding valuable nutrients to their diets, finding natural sources of energy and reaping the benefits of high protein diets. U.S. dairy's deep portfolio, nutritional offerings

• Apr 25, 2018

  News Release: 04/25/2018 (2)

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  Washington, D.C. - U.S. dairy groups today commended the bipartisan efforts of 68 members of Congress who encouraged the U.S. Trade Representative to eliminate Canada's tariffs on U.S. dairy exports and its protectionist pricing policies during the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ne

• Jan 8, 2015

  News Release: 1/8/2015

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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 National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) a

• Apr 7, 2016

  Member Alert - April 7, 2016

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  In follow up to a news release of March 22, 2016, the revised grandfathered South Korea plant list is now available on the USDEC website.