USA rice meetings with executive branch during DC Fly-In Bolster advocacy efforts

Published 2024년 12월 4일

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Rice industry leaders met with several Executive Branch agencies to discuss trade concerns and policies affecting the industry. They met with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service to discuss their offensive push at the World Trade Organization against India's subsidies on rice and wheat. They also met with the Surface Transportation Board to discuss domestic transportation issues and requested a seat on the STB National Grain Car Council for the rice industry. Additionally, they met with the Federal Maritime Commission to share challenges faced by the U.S. rice industry in ocean shipping.

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WASHINGTON, DC – On November 19, while more than four dozen rice industry leaders traveled here for a final push to get the Farm Bill across the finish line in the lame duck Congress, a handful of USA Rice members carved out time to meet with several agencies in the Executive Branch. A meeting with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) provided a preview of their offensive push at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India that they presented recently to the WTO Committee on Agriculture in Geneva. Just prior, the U.S. government had co-sponsored its third counter notification to India’s rice and wheat subsidies (see USA Rice Daily, November 12, 2024). Separately, USA Rice representatives also met virtually with USTR and FAS to discuss trade concerns in Honduras and the Dominican Republic, highlighting the importance of enforcing the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to maintain ...

Source: USA Rice Daily