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News Release: 08/26/2019
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Iowa Senator and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley joined former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack today in Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss the benefits that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will deliver to Iowa agriculture. Vilsack and Grassley toured the Anderson Erickson Dair
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News Release: 08/19/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - In an effort organized by the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, 70 dairy companies, farmer-owned cooperatives, and associations today sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture asking the U.S. gove
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News Release: 07/30/2019
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Vilsack asks Congress to Quickly Pass USMCA ARLINGTON, VA - Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), testified today before the Senate Finance Committee and urged Congress to swiftly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and usher in the benefits it promise
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News Release: 06/10/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. dairy industry is urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an outreach campaign highlighting the importance of the agreement to the success of America's dairy farmers and manufacturers. In a letter sent to representatives of top-produc
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News Release: 05/31/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - After celebrating the removal of Mexico's retaliatory tariffs earlier this month and the momentum that lent to support passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the U.S. Dairy Export Council expressed serious concern about&nbs
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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
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News Release: 04/26/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. dairy officials today lauded the U.S. Trade Representative's Office for denouncing Europe's anti-trade agenda against common-name food products and pursuing avenues to preserve U.S. export access rights. The U.S. Special 301 Report, issued yesterday by USTR, categorically reject
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News Release: 04/18/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released an economic analysis of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today and dairy industry officials eager to see USMCA's passage welcomed this key step in the trade agreement approval process. Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of th
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News Release: 03/05/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. dairy industry commended the Administration's decision to terminate the preferential trade status granted to India for its failure to provide "equitable and reasonable access to its market" and comply with other provisions of the statute, as required. By holding India accoun
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News Release: 02/26/2019
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ARLINGTON, VA - A new study commissioned by the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Consortium for Common Food Names forecasts severe consequences for U.S. cheese exports if the European Union (EU) is successful in further expanding restrictions on the use of generic terms such as parmesan, asiago and