Stories Tagged "trade"

Market to Market (May 3, 2013)

posted on May 3, 2013 at 6:58 PM

Full Program: Winter reprises its role in the Grain Belt as record snowfall delays planting even further. The Food and Drug Administration gets the jitters over added caffeine in food and beverages. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange tries to level the playing... Full Story

Market to Market (April 26, 2013)

posted on April 26, 2013 at 6:24 PM

Full Program: The governor of a leading farm state negotiates agricultural trade with China. Heavy rains bring much-needed moisture to the Grain Belt and push rivers to flood stage. And with spring planting on hold, an expert suggests changes to nitrogen... Full Story

U.S. Delegation Takes Trade Talk to China

posted on April 26, 2013 at 5:12 PM

While trade missions to foreign countries are normally a blip on the import-export scene, one group of governors and businesspeople embarked on a noteworthy six-day visit to China last week. The key difference with this trade summit, and most... Full Story

USDA Suspends Some Ag Reports Due To Budget Cuts

posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:50 PM

The agency posted a notice on its website Tuesday saying it would suspend multiple reports covering at least 10 agricultural products ranging from milk to chickpeas. Full Story

Congress Wants Role As Obama Pushes Trade Agenda

posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:36 PM

Obama has set a goal of doubling exports by the end of next year, after drawing criticism from free-trade advocates during his first term for moving too slowly on trade issues Full Story

Japan Relaxes US Beef Import Limits

posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM

Japan and the United States have agreed that imports of beef from cows up to 30 months old will be allowed. Full Story

China Overtaking US As Global Trader

posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:16 PM

As recently as 2006, the U.S. was the larger trading partner for 127 countries, versus just 70 for China. By last year the two had clearly traded places: 124 countries for China, 76 for the U.S. Full Story

IMF, World Bank Chiefs Urge Focus On Fair Growth

posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:29 PM

The International Monetary Fund has scaled back its global growth forecast for 2012 to 3.3 percent from 3.5 percent, and has warned that even its dimmer outlook might prove too optimistic. Full Story

South Korea Suspends Bidding for US Rice Imports

posted on September 28, 2012 at 12:44 PM

The FDA found no evidence in its preliminary study that the rice is unsafe Full Story

Barbs Exchanged Over Trade

posted on September 21, 2012 at 6:33 PM

The U.S. alleges that China is illegally subsidizing exports in their automobile and auto parts sectors – putting American parts manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage and encouraging the relocation of production to China. Full Story

Harvesting Study on Food Loss

posted on August 17, 2012 at 4:58 PM

Researchers from the University of Illinois and three universities in Brazil are teaming up to study ways to reduce the amount of food lost after harvesting. Full Story

China Trade Decelerates In Sign of Global Weakness

posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM

BEIJING (AP) — China's trade and domestic demand have weakened even faster than expected, adding to pressure on Beijing for a more aggressive stimulus to boost the world's second-largest economy out of its worst slump since the 2008... Full Story

Market to Market (July 6, 2012)

posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM

Full Program: Mother Nature continues to blast the country with oppressive heat. Crops across the Corn Belt wilt under the driest conditions in 25 years. A Chinese leader reconnects with a key trading partner in the heart of rural America. Market analysis... Full Story

Chinese VP Reconnects with Rural America

posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:22 PM

A Chinese leader reconnects with a key trading partner in the heart of rural America. Full Story

US Envoys: Progress in North Korea Food Aid Talks

posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. envoys said there was progress in talks Wednesday on arrangements for the first U.S. government food aid shipment to impoverished North Korea in three years, part of an agreement aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs. Special... Full Story

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