Trade Relations, Agricultural Sector, USTR

United States and European Union Add Commitments to Trade Framework

Polsinelli on 8/25/2025

Key Takeaways - The EU commits to eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods and provide preferential access for U.S. seafood and agricultural products, with the EU intending to introduce the legislative proposal this...more

Brexit and the United States

King & Spalding on 2/11/2020

In 2018, the United States was the UK’s largest single trading partner, with exports and imports worth £190.5 billion (roughly $247 billion) – a figure equal to 14.7 percent of the UK’s total trade. Thus, businesses active in...more

Year-End Trade Deals Offer Hope for U.S. Business in 2020

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/27/2019

December 2019 has yielded some potentially significant relief to U.S. businesses and agricultural producers that may improve the terms of trade in 2020 after a prolonged period of increasing and damaging friction in...more

U.S. Trade Commission Extends Public Comment Period for Trade Agreement with U.K. - Extension Granted in Response to Government...

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/27/2019

• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), pursuant to Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974, has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) to obtain public comment pertaining to the possibility of a...more

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Announced

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/10/2018

On Sunday, September 30, President Trump reached an agreement with the governments of Canada and Mexico to revise and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Publishing the text of the new agreement just...more

The Worst Kept Secret: Trump Announces Intention to Renegotiate NAFTA

Dickinson Wright on 5/31/2017

On May 18, 2017, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer announced the Trump Administration’s intention to initiate negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding the “modernization” of the North...more