Industry leaders from the Canadian Produce Marketing Association and the Canadian Horticultural Council met with parliamentarians and civil servants Nov. 7-8 in Ottawa.
Finding in favor of U.S. apple export interests, the World Trade Organization has upheld their ruling that Indonesia’s import licensing regulations for imported fruit violate WTO rules.
In a bid to kill a Trump administration NAFTA proposal giving U.S. growers new power to bring dumping charges, Sen. Jeff Flake has placed a hold on the nomination of Greg Doug to be the ag negotiator for the USTR.
South Africa’s grape, apple, and pear exports in 2017-18 will be off because below-average rainfall will limit production, according to the U.S.Department of Agriculture.