Trade Policy
TEST EDIT -- FAS works to create a global environment that’s conducive to free and fair trade. We partner with other U.S. government agencies, foreign governments, international organizations, and U.S. stakeholders to remove trade barriers, negotiate and enforce free trade agreements, and establish international trade rules and standards that are transparent and predictable.
Programs
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Market Development
Assisting Specialty Crop Exports (ASCE)
Supports efforts by the specialty crops industry to address non-tariff trade barriers when opening or expanding export markets.
Food Security
Food for Progress
Provides for the donation of U.S. commodities to help developing countries modernize and strengthen their agricultural sectors.
Fellowships and Exchanges
Borlaug Fellowship Program
The Borlaug Fellowship Program offers mentoring and training to researchers and policymakers from developing countries to help promote food security and economic growth.
Data and Analysis
On January 1, 2024, the Government of Morocco (GOM) published Circular # 6519/222, announcing the required tariff changes under the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for Calendar Year 2024. The circular includes tariffs, tariff-rate quotas...
Attaché Report (GAIN)
China: National Food Safety Standard for Hygienic Specification for Catering Services of Railway Passenger Trains Notified to WTO
On October 25, 2023, China notified the National Food Safety Standard for Hygienic Specification for Catering Services of Railway Passenger Trains to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1292. The proposed date of entry into force is...
Attaché Report (GAIN)
Colombia: The United States Gains Market Access to Colombia for Bovine Meat and Bone Meal
In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant and Animal Health Inspection Service and the Colombian Institute for Agriculture agreed on import requirements for U.S. bovine meat and bone meal (MBM) to Colombia. Colombia’s steady economy growth, increasing production of proteins, and growing demand for high quality pet food are creating new opportunities to increase exports of MBM products to the country.
News and Features
Secretary Vilsack met with Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian to address outstanding market access issues and other U.S. agricultural stakeholder concerns,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative are accepting applications for new members to serve on agricultural trade advisory committees.
A dispute settlement panel established under the USMCA has released a report regarding Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocation measures.