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Tom Vilsack: “I had a very productive meeting with the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico in December and we identified a number of…”

On the recordMay 25, 2011
I had a very productive meeting with the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico in December and we identified a number of issues, potatoes and beef on our side, a couple of issues involving specialty crops on his side, which we are in the process of working through.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack discusses trade issues with Mexico regarding agricultural products.

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