Unwarranted tariff and non-tariff barriers restricting U.S. from supplying pork to country.
May 06, 2021
More than 70 U.S. lawmakers sent a letter this week to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai seeking her support for enhanced Vietnamese market access for U.S. pork. Vietnam represents a tremendous opportunity for U.S. pork exports, and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) appreciates the tremendous support for one of its top trade priorities.
“We thank the lawmakers, led by Reps. Ron Kind (D, Wis.), Darin LaHood (R, Ill.), Jim Costa (D, Calif.) and Dusty Johnson (R, S.D.), for their support in recognizing the importance of the Vietnamese market to U.S. pork producers,” said NPPC President Jen Sorenson, communications director for Iowa Select Farms in West Des Moines, Iowa. “Vietnam represents a significant opportunity for U.S. hog farmers, yet we’re hamstrung by unjustified tariff and non-tariff barriers, allowing global competitors to take advantage of t
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So wrote Commissioner Gary L. Bauer in the 2021 Annual Report brought out by the independent, bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF, pronounced YOU-SURF). USCIRF “monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad,” using international standards “to monitor religious freedom violations globally,” and making “policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress.”
18 Apr in 11:00 Eurasia Review
On Thursday, April 15, US President Joe Biden imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia. The Treasury Department blacklisted six Russian technology companies that supported the cyber program run by Russia’s intelligence services. Eight persons and entities associated with Russia’s actions in Crimea were also sanctioned as were 32 entities and individuals who had allegedly carried out Russian government-directed attempts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election through disinformation spreading and interference.
As Eurasia Review
writes, in response, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s (the upper house of parliament) Committee on Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Dzhabarov said: “There will be a response, a tit-for-tat one.”
Biden announces new sanctions against Russia
COLOMBO: On Thursday, April 15, US President Joe Biden imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia. The Treasury Department blacklisted six Russian technology companies that supported the cyber program run by Russia s intelligence services.
Eight persons and entities associated with Russia s actions in Crimea were also sanctioned as were 32 entities and individuals who had allegedly carried out Russian government-directed attempts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election through disinformation spreading and interference.
In response, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s (the upper house of parliament) Committee on Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Dzhabarov said: There will be a response, a tit-for-tat one.”
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