China Tariffs Increase APGov Report – May 2019 Edition Following the United States announcement that additional tariffs would be implemented on several Chinese imports, China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission announced that it will be raising tariffs on American imports. Over 3,000 American products were included in this round of tariffs including everything from fish…
The U.S. & China Agree to Trade Cease-Fire to Continue Negotiations Over the weekend, the United States and the Peoples Republic of China agreed to a temporary cease-fire in the trade war that has been ongoing between the two countries. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping have entered into a 90-day window ending March…
Agricultural Coalition On Trade October 2018 Report Trade Dispute with China is Likely to be a Long Battle U.S. and Chinese businesses continue to suffer under the restrictive policies adopted in the U.S.-China trade war. A recent survey conducted shortly after China imposed additional tariffs on U.S. products by the American Chamber of Commerce for…
Agricultural Coalition on Trade September 2018 Supplement Chinese Trade Tariffs Likely to Stay It appears the Chinese tariffs will remain at 45 percent ad valorem for raw pistachios and 15 percent ad valorem for roasted pistachios until January 2019. President Trump is likely to further increase the U.S. import tariffs on Chinese products on January…
Agricultural Coalition on Trade July 2018 Supplement Trade War with China Continues to Escalate. On August 3rd, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it would be imposing tariffs on 5,207 items originating in the U.S. that are worth approximately $60 billion. The duty rate ranges from 5 to 25 percent. Although specialty crop items are largely…
On August 22nd, The California Farm Bureau Federation hosted an agriculture roundtable discussion with Ambassador Gregg Doud, who is the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Along with many other agriculture groups from across the state, Rob Nash, Director of Government Relations, attended on behalf of American Pistachio…
American Pistachio Growers Urgently Request Tariff Mitigation from USDA The Situation On August 27, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. A short-term relief strategy has been developed to…
USDA announces tariff mitigation for agriculture On July 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the USDA was implementing a trade mitigation program to provide aid to agriculture industries impacted by the ongoing tariff issues. The deal has three programs: The Market Facilitation Program, authorized under The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter…
American Pistachio Growers Statement on China Tariffs American Pistachio Growers supports an end to the tariff issue between the United States and China and urges both countries to come together and work out an amicable solution that will allow trade to continue and both economies to prosper. China is an important export destination for…
American pistachios see another rise in China tariffs, but avoid them in other parts of the world. On July 6, the Peoples Republic of China implemented a new round of tariffs on products imported from the United States, including an increase in tariffs on American pistachios.[1] Earlier this year, American pistachios saw tariff…