Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 4/1/22


At a time when U.S. agriculture can help ensure some stability in parts of the world, the Biden administration still does not have a chief agricultural negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, and the Department of Agriculture doesn't have an undersecretary for foreign trade, the role Ted McKinney filled in the Trump administration. Both positions require nominations from the president and Senate confirmation. USTR's chief agricultural negotiator nominee was Elaine Trevino.

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