WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING:
AG
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S SUCCESSFUL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH MEXICO AND CANADA
Government
Officials:
Iowa Secretary of
Agriculture Mike Naig: “This is the welcome news our farmers need
as they bring in this year’s harvest and plan for 2019. Canada and Mexico are
our first and second largest trading partners. This agreement brings much
needed certainty to our producers and ensures access to these critical markets
going forward.”
Kentucky Commissioner of
Agriculture Ryan Quarles: “Excited to hear about the new trade deal
with Canada and Mexico. Our producers need the certainty that comes from trade.
Looking forward to getting the full details of #USMCA in the coming days
#KyAg365."
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry Commissioner Mike
Strain: “I’m pleased that Canada and Mexico have taken this
important step in the right direction toward fair trade and increased market
access for American farmers and ranchers. The deal includes key provisions
regarding U.S. wheat, dairy, poultry and eggs. I’m hopeful the USMC deal will
fuel a renewed effort to improve trade tensions with China, a major
agricultural market for Louisiana.”
Missouri Director of
Agriculture Chris Chinn: “I am encouraged the Trump administration has
reached a deal with the leadership of Mexico and Canada to provide an improved,
modernized trilateral trade agreement. Firming up this agreement with
Missouri's top two agriculture export partners marks a huge leap forward for our
farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses.”
Nebraska Governor Pete
Ricketts: “President Trump has delivered on his promise to finalize a
new trade deal with Canada and Mexico… Most importantly, it helps give
Nebraska’s farmers and businesses much-needed certainty, and will help us grow
these important trade relationships for years to come.”
Rep. Collin C. Peterson,
Ranking Member, House Committee on Agriculture: “Dairy and poultry are
huge concerns for me, and I am encouraged with the access and provisions it
appears we’ve secured in this agreement.”
Sen. Debbie Stabenow,
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:
“I’ve said from the beginning that given NAFTA’s importance to our economy in
Michigan, a modernization is long overdue. I’m encouraged that there have been
positive steps forward.”
Rep. Mike K. Conaway,
Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture: “President Trump promised to
deliver a modernized NAFTA agreement that was better for America’s farmers,
ranchers, businesses and workers – and I’m hopeful this newly announced
agreement will do just that.”
Sen. Pat Roberts, Chairman,
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: “This trade
pact will provide our farmers and ranchers with much needed export market
certainty and will strengthen the relationship with two of our most important
trading partners.”
Texas Agriculture
Commissioner Sid Miller: “Just as President Donald J. Trump promised,
Canada has agreed to join the new trade agreement with the United States and
Mexico to replace the failed NAFTA agreement! Once again, President Donald J.
Trump’s is keeping his promises."
West Virginia Department of
Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt: “We are pleased President
Donald Trump has negotiated a new trade agreement with our neighbors to the
north and south… We have faith this agreement will put America on equal footing
with the rest of the world, as well as benefit the American and West Virginian
farmer alike.”
Stakeholder
Groups:
American Dairy Coalition: “USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers and
businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets,
fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It will strengthen the
middle class, and create good, well-paying jobs and new opportunities for the
nearly half billion people who call North America home.”
American Farm Bureau
Federation: “Today’s announcement regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement is welcome news. This was a hard-fought win and we commend the
administration for all the efforts to solidify the trading relationships we
have with our North American neighbors.”
American Soybean
Association: “With USMCA, KORUS, and other agreements in sight, we are
hopeful that a negotiated solution to the China tariffs could be in sight,”
National Association of
State Departments of Agriculture: “We are pleased by the successful
conclusion of negotiations among the U.S., Mexico and Canada on a modernized
trilateral trade agreement. As we look forward to reviewing the full details of
this agreement in the coming days, we applaud the important win this deal
represents for American farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses – all partners
with and customers of state departments of agriculture. We are especially
appreciative for the administration’s efforts to address market access
challenges with Canada for dairy, wheat and wine.
National Association of
Wheat Growers/ U.S. Wheat Associates: “The National Association of
Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates welcome the Administration’s decision
to move ahead with an updated trade deal with Canada and Mexico and look
forward to learning more about the details.”
National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association: “This new agreement is great news for American cattle
producers, and another sign that President Trump’s overall trade strategy is
working. Over the past quarter century, free and open trade between the United
States, Mexico, and Canada has been tremendously successful for our producers,
and we’re pleased that we’ll be able to maintain our existing market access
while seeing other U.S. producers get a better deal than they’ve gotten in the
past.”
National Grain and Feed
Association and North American Export Grain Association: “The announcement of a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA) represents a significant, positive step in modernizing and further enhancing
North American food and agricultural commerce that has and will continue to
benefit economic growth and consumers in this hemisphere, and further enhance
investment and food security.”
National Pork Producers
Council: “The three-way pact with Mexico and Canada, our largest and
fourth largest export markets, respectively, and the recently signed agreement
with Korea represent welcome momentum during what has been a challenging year.”
In
the News:
Agri-Pulse: Plenty
of wins for US ag in new US-Canada-Mexico trade deal: “U.S. farm groups are cheering the last-minute deal struck
Sunday night to keep Canada in a newly renamed North American trade pact with
the U.S. and Mexico. The U.S. agriculture sector is primarily relieved now that
it looks like the virtually tariff-free trade pact between the three countries
will remain whole, but there are plenty of provision in the new deal for U.S.
farmers and ranchers to celebrate.“
NBC News: U.S.
dairy farmers applaud new trade agreement at World Dairy Expo: “Obviously we have to celebrate it, Steve Maddox, a
dairyman from Riverdale, California, told NBC News. “We
appreciate the President keeping us front and center on these trade
negotiations, trying to get some fairness in the export market.“ “It was a breath of fresh air
for us Americans, it gives us opportunity,“ said Dan Basse, a dairy
farmer from Waukesha, Wisconsin. “We’re an open-market society.
Now as we look forward, we see an opportunity that maybe we can export more
product and raise our price to profitability.“
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