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New self-initiation legislation appeals to ag
Story Date: 2/16/2018
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Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 2/15/18
Small- and medium-size growers are welcoming a new bipartisan piece of legislation that would strengthen the Commerce Department's ability to self-initiate trade cases - a move that would effectively help regional and specialty crop growers take action against unfair trade practices.
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), would create a task force within Commerce's International Trade Administration to focus on identifying trade violations and referring potential trade abuses for formal investigation. The goal of the legislation, Peters said, was to ensure U.S. agricultural producers - namely Michigan cherry growers - could "compete on a level playing field."
During a Tuesday meeting with Trump on trade, Peters referenced Michigan cherry growers as an example of a small industry being harmed by unfairly priced imports, saying "they don't have the resources to bring those kinds of enforcement actions," Pro Trade's Adam Behsudi reported.
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