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WTO Authorizes $1.01 Billion in COOL Retaliation Tariffs

December 9, 2015

The World Trade Organization (WTO) this week authorized a combined $1.01 billion in annual retaliation, $781 million from Canada and $227 million from Mexico, in response to U.S. non-compliance with Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) ...

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Ag Groups Urge Congress to Pass Uniform, National Food Labeling Standard

December 9, 2015

The American Soybean Association (ASA), the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food (CFSAF) and more than 40 other national ag groups recently sent a letter to Congress requesting them to pass a uniform, national labeling standard ...

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ASA Kudos this Week…

December 9, 2015

Kudos goes to Hunter Grills, Newbern, Tenn., who was announced winner of the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet this week! Hunter is passionate about ag education and works with school aged children to ...

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ASA Welcomes Highway Bill with Crop Insurance Fix

December 4, 2015

The American Soybean Association (ASA) greeted news this evening that the Senate approved the conference report on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, more familiarly known as the Highway Bill. The final legislation is formally titled ...

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House Passes Highway Bill with Fix to Crop Insurance

December 3, 2015

The House passed the conference report on the Highway Bill in an overwhelming vote today, sending the measure to the Senate for consideration, potentially as early as tonight. Included in the bill are several provisions important to ...

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