USW Explores Opportunities to Collaborate with Australia on Policy Initiatives
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Director of Trade Policy Peter Laudeman is in Australia this week to engage grain industry stakeholders in that country and explore ongoing global issues involving trade, plant breeding technologies and World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments. While a major competitor for U.S. wheat, Australia presents many opportunities for collaboration on policy initiatives […]
Export Bans Contrast with U.S. Wheat’s Commitment to an Open, Transparent Market
Consumers and suppliers both appreciate uniformity, the ability to purchase a reliable product that is available when needed. Customers of U.S. wheat know that dependable people grow and supply reliable wheat, which marks the difference between the U.S. wheat market and some competing suppliers. Freedom to Trade Free trade has been upheld in U.S. commerce […]
Congress Shines Spotlight on India’s Trade-Distorting Domestic Wheat and Rice Support
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is very pleased that several members of Congress have asked Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to pursue a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against India’s trade-distorting domestic wheat and rice support. In separate letters to those officials, members of the U.S. Senate and House of […]
India Invokes WTO “Peace Clause” with Implications for Global Wheat Trade
By Shelbi Knisley, USW Director of Trade Policy India has invoked the “peace clause” on its domestic agricultural support limits for rice, by notifying the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it has breached its support limits. By claiming its subsidies are part of its public stocks program for food security, invoking the “peace clause” cannot […]
USW Submits Trade Barriers Report with Additional Detail on China and India
By Dalton Henry, USW Vice President of Policy Each year, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) compiles and publishes the National Trade Estimates (NTE) report — a comprehensive report detailing barriers that U.S. exporters, including wheat farmers, face in markets around the world. The first step in compiling the massive report (last year’s […]
Fighting for Fairness Through the Rules-Based Trading System
On Feb. 15, 2019, the United States submitted a counter notification, co-sponsored by Canada, in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture on India’s market price support for pulse crops – based on publicly available information. With this counter notification, the U.S. government continues to use the rules-based trading system established by the WTO as […]
