Source: From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, SOUTH EAST FARM PRESS, 9/20/11

Yesterday evening, Sept. 19, 2011, the U.S. Senate voted 84 to 8 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed with the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) legislation.

According to National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Manager of Legislative Affairs Kent Bacus, the Senate took the first step necessary toward passing pending Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.

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