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State ag officials join Mexican, Canadian counterparts for 2019 Tri-National Agricultural Accord
Story Date: 11/14/2019
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 11/13/19
Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and their counterparts from Mexico and Canada will gather in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada this week for the 28th annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord. The Tri-National Agricultural Accord represents a longstanding commitment among the senior state and provincial agricultural officials of Canada, the United States, and Mexico to work together collaboratively on agricultural trade and development issues. The importance of the cooperative relationship for the agriculture and food processing sectors of all three countries, especially as the three countries work to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), will be the key focus of this year’s Accord.
“It has been more than a year since our governments negotiated the USMCA. The Tri-National Agricultural Accord gives us an opportunity to work with our counterparts from Mexico and Canada to once again call on our legislative bodies to ratify this agreement,” said NASDA President and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. “From dairy to wine to biotechnology advancements, implementation of the USMCA addresses many issues. We look forward to gathering in Manitoba this week to further our collaborative relationships for the benefit of North American producers.”
Manitoba Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development Blaine Pedersen is hosting this year’s Tri-National Accord and leading the Canadian Delegation. The U.S. Delegation will be led by NASDA President and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The Mexican delegation will be led by Mexican Undersecretary of Agriculture Miguel Garcia Winder.
NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association which represents the elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of the departments of agriculture in all fifty states and four U.S. territories. NASDA grows and enhances agriculture by forging partnerships and creating consensus to achieve sound policy outcomes between state departments of agriculture, the federal government, and stakeholders.
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