USDA Chief Announces Travel Plan to Boost Ag Exports
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins is planning to visit six countries in the coming months as part of an "aggressive" effort to "expand markets and boost American agricultural exports," the agency said last week. Rollins will travel to Vietnam, Japan, India, Peru, Brazil and the U.K. She's also scheduling trade missions to Hong Kong, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cote d’Ivoire and Mexico.
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The USDA press release said the Trump administration wants to find new markets for American exporters, strengthen existing ones and "hold existing trading partners accountable for their end of the deal." Rollins added that "everything is on the table to get more markets for our products.”