House Ag Chief Laments Expected Delays in TPP Implementation
Congressional opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Obama administration’s broader trade agenda prevents the U.S. from tackling unfair trade practices abroad and directly threatens the U.S. agriculture industry, said House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, in remarks at a…
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hearing on foreign agriculture subsidies on Oct. 21. “The Trans Pacific Partnership has just concluded, but many question whether the newly minted agreement will have to wait until a lame duck session for Congressional consideration. Some speculate that Congressional consideration of TPP could just as easily slip into 2017,” said Conaway in an opening statement (here). “It does not take a trade expert to recognize that these are not good omens for the future of our nation’s trade agenda. Put simply: Americans are losing confidence in our trade deals.”