North American Free Trade Agreement

**For those wondering why the proposal to withdraw the WOTUS rule, announced June 27th, hasn’t appeared officially in the Federal Register … blame the formatting. EPA sent the prepublication version of the proposed rule to the Office of the Federal Register the next day, but it hasn’t been published yet...

**The Western Governors’ Association opened its summer meeting Monday by hosting two high-ranking Canadians who called for the U.S. to be careful renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s ambassador to Washington, David MacNaughton, and Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan, pointed out that Canada and the U...

**During a visit with Ag leaders in Cedar Rapids, Iowa last week, President Trump delivered an optimistic campaign-style speeches embracing farmers and ranchers as the “backbone of America.” The president has come under fire from rural Democrats for proposed cuts in his first budget outline and for lacking specifics about plans to deliver some of his ambitious plans...

**All signs point to a full-speed-ahead renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but the U.S. meat sector is hopeful the three governments involved will be amenable to the ag sector’s desire, for the most part, to be left alone...

**The Trump administration informed Congress that it intends to officially begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. The much-anticipated notification gives Congress a 90-day window to work with the U...

**The FDA will have to sift through hundreds of comments containing often-conflicting advice as it tries to redefine the term “healthy” for use on food products. FDA accepted comments until April 26 and now has the unenviable task of trying to figure out how to balance the recommendations of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which emphasizes the importance of dietary patterns with Am

**It took newly sworn Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue only a few days to take his show on the road. Perdue’s first official visit as Secretary was to Kansas City last week where he met with the Department of Agriculture’s Beacon Facility, where he said he puts trade at the top of his agenda...

Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee suspend committee rules and approve the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Democrats on the panel did not show up for a second straight day Thursday, and the GOP majority voted 11-0 to send the nomination of Pruitt to the full Senate for a vote...

The United States, Canada and Mexico have entered an arrangement to enhance collaboration on avian influenza. Along with their poultry and egg industries, the countries signed the agreement this week to work toward harmonizing procedures for responding to possible future detections of the virus...