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Ag’s NAFTA angst and hopes aired at hearing
House Ag Committee chairman Mike Conaway opened today’s hearing on NAFTA opportunities saying he understands the angst renegotiations have caused but says the U.S. “stands to benefit from renegotiating a deal that provides additional market access and tightens trade.”
Four of six U.S. commodity representatives told House Ag Committee members this morning that the North American Free Trade Agreement is working and that the administration should do no harm in renegotiations. They included National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president Kendall Frasier, “Quite frankly, it is difficult to improve upon duty-free unlimited access to Canada and Mexico and we are pleased to see that USTR announced its support for reciprocal duty-free access.”
Kevin Brosch is an attorney for the National Chicken Council who told lawmakers Mexico is the number one export market for U.S.
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