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In response to the announcement this week that the Trump administration will not be renewing the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) at this time, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Director of Trade and International Strategies:
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities, in response to the Senate Farm Bill text released today:
Yaoundé & Bern, 24 March 2026 – As trade ministers gather in Cameroon for the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) this week, a new international initiative is urging governments to confront an increasingly urgent question: what comes next if today’s agricultural trade rules can no longer deliver?
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released a statement from Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Director of Trade and International Strategies, in response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down President Trump’s tariffs enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA):
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities, in response to the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, House Agriculture Committee Republ
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration announced a $12 billion farmer bailout package today, created to soften the blow of diminished export markets due to the administration’s own chaotic trade policies.

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