National Ag News

Pork producers want a trade deal with Japan, and they want it
now.

Nick Giordano, vice president and global government affairs
council for the National Pork Producers Council says, “The US pork industry
cannot get a free trade agreement with Japan implemented fast enough.”

He says the US continues to lose its market share in Japan
as the tariffs for other countries who are also competing for that market
continue to drop.  “We would happily take
a deal on pork only – or pork and whatever,” he says.  “We need to be on an equal footing with the
CPTPP countries and the European Union. 
We’re not.  Now this industry is
really competitive – but we can’t sell with one arm tied behind our back.”

The CPTPP agreement was implemented January 1 and included the
first tariff cut and then a second tariff cut for those nations went into
effect April 1.

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