The Handshake
I haven't shaken the hand of a stranger, or a friend for that matter, in more than a year, and neither have a lot of other Canadians.
This may not seem like a ...
USMCA, Other Agreements
Tom Vilsack's Encore Performance at USDA Can Be Good for American Farmers
Call it an encore performance: Tom Vilsack will return to the United States Department of Agriculture.
President-elect Joe Biden announced last week that Vilsa...
Leadership Required from the US President
Joe Biden has promised to be "a president for all Americans."
This obviously includes farmers, who are often lumped together politically but in fact are a diver...
Celebrating the Freedom to Trade
I once touched the Liberty Bell.
It was a long time ago: I was seven or eight years old and my mother had taken me to Philadelphia to see the sights. Although ...
Celebrating the Certainty of Trade
From the Covid-19 pandemic and its stay-at-home orders to the protests over police brutality and all of their controversies, this year will go down as one of th...
Access to More Trade Could Mean Access to New Technologies for Kenyas Farmers
When I traveled to the United States from my familys farm in Kenya two years ago, I saw firsthand how agricultural science and engineering can help feed the w...
A Phase One US - China Trade Agreement Reality Check
Will the coronavirus outbreak unravel President Trumps new trade deal with China?
The export boom from that trade deal will take longer because of the...
NAFTA is history as Senate gives final approval to USMCA
On January 16, 2020, the Senate passes the USMCA. Read more at LATIMES.COM....
USMCA Recommits the US / Canada / Mexico to a Strong Economic Partnership
If you want to learn about free trade - see how and why it works, watch the behavior of people who reside near international borders. It will reveal the way we ...
A Ratified USMCA Would be a Christmas Gift of Stability
Everybody likes Christmas presents, and the report on Tuesday that President Trump and congressional leaders have struck a deal on a North American trade agreem...