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The United States is one of seven nations that have temporarily suspended Canadian poultry products.

Negotiators will meet for another round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership this week.

President Obama would veto the current tax extenders bill that Congress is writing, because the bill does not include tax breaks for the middle class according to a report.

Growers say labor woes at major West Coast sea ports have slowed the export of a record crop of Washington apples and endangered big Christmas season shipments of the fruit to Central America. Delays have also hit shipments of autos, smartphones and numerous other products as longshoremen and shippers try to hammer out a new contract involving work at 29 West Coast ports...

Little change is expected in the relationship between the U.S. and Japan following the midterm elections but it remains unclear on what Republican control of Congress means for Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said last week the final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership won’t be made at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit this month in Beijing.

Weekend negotiations progressed the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks but gaps still exist between the United States and Japan, according to trade representatives.

More stars equals greater potential for reducing spray drift of pesticides in the latest program by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Washington and Oregon Department’s of Agriculture will be joining the potato commissions from both states for a trade mission to the Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar later this month to promote the growing potato market in this part of the world.

In a new campaign, McDonalds is inviting its customers to ask questions about the food they purchase at McDonalds.