Sam Farr: “MAP HELPS BOOST U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS. U.S. agriculture exports expected to exceed $60 billion. Last year exports…”

“MAP HELPS BOOST U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS. U.S. agriculture exports expected to exceed $60 billion. Last year exports amounted to $57.3 billion, resulting in a positive $22 billion agricultural trade surplus, result in a record trade surplus of $30 billion, and generate over $100 billion in related economic activity. MAP HELPS PROVIDE NEEDED JOBS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. ECONOMY. Over one million Americans have jobs which depend on U.S. agriculture exports. Every billion dollars in U.S. agriculture exports creates as many as 20,000 new jobs. MAP HELPS MEET SUBSIDIZED FOREIGN COMPETITION. The EU spends more on wine promotion than U.S. spends for all commodities combined. European Union (EU) and other foreign competitors continue to enjoy a 10 to 1 advantage over the U.S. in terms of export subsidies. EU and other foreign competitors are moving aggressively in providing other forms of assistance to maintain and expand their share of the world market at the expense of U.S. farmers and ranchers. Without U.S. policies and programs to help counter such subsidized competition, American farmers and ranchers will be at a substantial disadvantage. MAP REPRESENTS A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.”