Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has tipped to become ambassador to China, said … that he would work to open that market to U.S. beef exports when he begins his term.
Another priority is gaining quicker approval of genetically modified traits for corn and other U.S. agricultural exports headed to China, the world’s second-largest economy, he added.
Trade is important to U.S. farmers, whose incomes have declined for three years in a row due to slumping prices. The USDA recently said farm incomes would keep falling in 2017.
U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway … said the now-abandoned Trans-Pacific Partnership provided a good baseline for new bilateral agreements. Trump removed the United States from the years-in-negotiation TPP, which was heavily supported by the agricultural community, before it could be approved.
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