The nontariff trade barriers are a big, big part of facilitating trade agreements. And that is part of the handicap that American agriculture too often has.
This effort on specialty crops, and the focus of the Subcommittee, is important.
A timely reauthorization of the farm bill is extremely important.
what would be the consequences do you think if, in the farm bill, these programs were further reduced or eliminated?
It is called a subsidy by many.
The European Union is doing precisely what you said, and they negotiate as a common market as the Union.
A trade agreement only works when you have cooperation on both sides.
I disagree though with the new Administration's shortsighted approach to trade.
Nobody does it better than American agriculture, and that is the bottom line.
I was proud to be one of the 28 Democrats in the House who voted for Trade Promotion Authority.
We are going to need your efforts, your organizations' efforts, and all the folks you represent out there as we try to p...