As we have talked about in great detail, exports are an essential part of our agriculture industry. We truly feed the world and we need to have good trade relationships to do that. That is why we rely on the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the team there.
Doug McKalip is the Chief Ag Negotiator on USTR Katherine Tai’s team. As he looks back on the past couple years, he says that trade has been good overall, but that he sees more challenges on the horizon in 2024.
There is a delicate balancing act between growing new partnerships, nurturing existing ones, and holding trade partners’ feet to the fire on our agreements.
Of course, you cannot claim success without the data to back it up. McKalip highlighted some of those successes the USTR office has been celebrating.
McKalip also discussed ways in which the USTR Office has been able to ease back retaliatory tariffs against the United States.
