Trade
While U.S. canola is generally not exported, the USCA strongly supports agricultural trade and keeping borders open. This includes implementing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, maintaining free trade agreements and pursuing new ones with emerging countries and regions. In addition, any measures that disrupt exports of U.S. crops often impact canola due to changes in price, demand or marketability, therefore, canola must be considered in any resulting trade policies. Case in point, the USCA called for canola to be included in Market Facilitation Payments resulting from Chinese tariffs on other U.S. crops like soybeans because canola is tied to their prices. Farmers should make planting decisions based on what’s best for their farmland, not on trade aid that favors certain crops.
Letter to U.S. Trade Representative for United States to remain in WTO 9.23.20
Letter to Senate to approve Grain Standards Reauthorization Act 9.9.20
Letter to Trump re: Mexico Precautionary Principle Towards Agricultural Technologies 5.14.20
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to Increase Canola Rate in 2019 MFP payments 12.9.19 and denial of request 1.17.20
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for canola to be included in Market Facilitation Program 5.15.19
USCA Board Member Ryan Pederson on Trade Aid on CNBC 5.14.19
Letter to USTR for Japan trade talks and USTR reply 4.5.19
Senator Heidi Heitkamp letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on trade concerns 9.7.18
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for canola be included in Market Facilitation Program 8.7.18
U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance letter to President Obama on plant biotechnology and China trade 12.10.14
Coalition letter to USTR, Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture on China biotech trait approvals 11.4.13
Coalition letter to House and Senate leaders on Columbia Free Trade Agreement 10.3.11
Coalition letter to House and Senate leaders on Korea Free Trade Agreement 10.3.11
Coalition letter to House and Senate leaders on Panama Free Trade Agreement 10.3.11