Trade: My Cuban Affair
As the characters in Nelson DeMille’s exciting new novel tour Cuba, they visit a farm near Havana. “A nice older gentleman explained, in Spanish, all the stride...
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Celebrating America’s Independence and Trade that Successfully Supports Us
When our Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they had plenty of reasons for wanting to break away from England and its king. The...
Trade as a Pathway to Cuba Libre
We’re all for “Cuba Libre”—a free Cuba that allows its people to elect their government, speak their mind, and own their property. The question is how to get...
Beef Into China: Unprecedented Opportunity With Excellent Potential
The average American eats about 55 pounds of beef per year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Imagine if the average Chinese person were to co...
Growing Understanding and Food Through Cooperation
Editor's Note: this column appeared Aug 22 in China Daily, reprinted from The Des Moines Register July 19. I am hopeful Terry Branstad’s first days...
Trade and Competition Make Us All Better: A Case for NAFTA
It never occurred to me to worry about the future of NAFTA. From my farm in Saskatchewan, I thought that Canada and the United States are such natural trade par...
Mexico is Finding Its Place in the Global Economy
A Mexican lawmaker wants to ban the import of corn grown in the United States. Senator Armando Rios Piter introduced the legislation in response to President...
Creating a Positive Trade Future with TPP
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Some attribute this clever line to Abraham Lincoln and others to Peter Drucker. Yet it doesn’t matter who...
UK Farmers Must Focus and “Get Fit Quick” Post-Brexit
Stay in the EU or get out: That’s the choice the United Kingdom faced in last year’s referendum, and now we face Brexit, a democratic decision I have to accept....
Improved Infrastructure is a Competitive Advantage
I’ve always known that moving food from farm to fork depends on excellent infrastructure—but until about fifteen years ago, I took a lot of it for granted. I...