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News Release: 02/05/2018
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today urged the U.S. Senate to swiftly approve Gregg Doud as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Link Doud's confirmation process was halted last y
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News Release: 08/27/2018
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Retaliatory tariffs by China and Mexico could lower dairy exports by $2.7 billion and depress dairy farmers' revenues by $16.6 billion over the next several years unless they are rolled back. Moreover, U.S. economic output tied to the dairy industry would fall by more than $8 billion and 8,200 U.S.
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News Release: 11/3/2021
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ARLINGTON, VA - The current supply chain crisis could cause "irreparable harm" to agriculture, Mike Durkin, President and CEO of Leprino Foods, said in testimony prepared for a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing today about how supply chain issues are affecting export markets for Leprino
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News Release: 10/24/2023
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) praised today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it plans to devote $2.3 billion from the Commodity Credit Corporation to promoting better market opportunitie
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News Release: 10/19/2015
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today said it is “critical” that Congress solve the trade dispute over country-of-origin labeling to head off damaging new tariffs on U.S. dairy exports by Canada and Mexico. In a letter to the Senate, the National Milk Producers Federation, U.
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News Release: 01/11/2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. dairy organizations and the state departments of agriculture across the country today told President-elect Donald Trump that Canada's existing and soon-to-be-expanded protectionist policies are intentionally designed to block imports from the United States. These policie
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Member Alert - April 9, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert April 9 2025
Earlier today, April 9, China announced that it will impose a total reciprocal tariffs retaliatory rate of 84% on all imports from the U.S. starting on April 10th. This is in addition to other retaliatory measures previously announced by China: China Information: Tariff Developments Summary: "Reci
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Member Alert - October 22, 2024
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert October 22 2024
On October 18, 2024, Indonesia's government issued Regulation No.42/2024 regarding Halal Certification which extends the deadline for Halal certificate registration of imported food and beverage products, including dairy products. While Regulation No.42/2024 allows for the extension for import
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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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News Release: 7/3/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today welcomed Congress’ significant investment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s trade promotion capacity, as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill, passed through Congress’ reconciliation process,