Ua tsaug rau Kev cob qhia ntawm Clayton Yeutter

Peb caug tsib xyoos dhau los, nyob ib ncig ntawm Thanksgiving, Â Clayton Yeutter was focused on using American trade laws to negotiate on behalf of the United States for the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. As the U.S. Trade Representative in the Reagan administration, one of his main goals was to make it easier for farmers to buy and sell their products across borders.

Nws tau hais kom nws cov kws pab tswv yim los tsim ib txoj kev npaj rau cov teb chaws txiav lawv cov nyiaj pab, tariffs, thiab kev lag luam-kev cuam tshuam. Lawv rov qab los nrog lub tswv yim kom txo cov no los ntawm 50 feem pua â€‹â€‹ntau tshaj kaum xyoo. Thaum lawv nthuav tawm lawv cov qauv, Yeutter ntsia nws thiab khawb tawm lub 50 thiab hloov nws nrog 100 feem pua. As a skilled negotiator, he realized that if you want to get to fifty, koj yuav tsum pib ntawm ib puas.

Clayton got buy-in from the Secretary of Agriculture, nws tus khub tub ceev xwm, and the United States set the table for what became one of the most important trade pacts ever negotiated in human history.

This story and many others are included in a new biography that talks about his role in global trade at this point in Americaâ€™s history. The title, â€œRhymes nrog Fighter: Clayton Yeutter American Statesman,â€ is a reference to what Yeutter would say when a person asked the pronunciation of his last name. He was an extraordinary public servant and statesman whose efforts in support of cross-border business and free trade are still having a positive impact on agriculture and farmers.

Yeutter grew up near the town of Eustis, NE.

Kuv tau paub Clayton hauv xyoo kawg ntawm nws lub neej. Peb txuas rau theem pib: Nws yog ib tug tub ua liaj ua teb los ntawm Nebraska thiab kuv yog ib tug ntxhais ua liaj ua teb los ntawm Iowa. Peb ob leeg txaus siab rau pej xeem txoj cai, tshwj xeeb yog hais txog kev ua liaj ua teb. Nws tau ua haujlwm rau plaub tus thawj tswj hwm, thiab kuv tau ua haujlwm rau tus tswv xeev.

His career was prestigious—after serving as U.S. Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Kev Lag Luam hauv qab Thawj Tswj Hwm Reagan, nws yog Secretary of Agriculture nyob rau hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm George H.W. Bush—he was a busy man whose advise was sought out by many, tiam sis nws yeej tsis pom nws tus kheej tseem ceeb heev los sis tsis khoom rau kuv. Kuv txaus siab rau qhov kev caw qhib kom pom nws thaum mus ntsib Washington, D.C., thiab nws tau muaj kev txaus siab rau lub Ntiaj Teb Cov Neeg Ua Liaj Ua Teb Network vim nws ntseeg hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawm peb cov neeg ua liaj ua teb coj thiab lub koom haum hais tawm uas tawm tswv yim rau txoj cai kev lag luam zoo dua thiab kev nkag mus rau kev siv technology hauv kev ua liaj ua teb..

Thoob plaws ntau xyoo thiab kev sib ntsib noj tshais, nws tau los ua tus cob qhia qauv: a person who shared his experience and advice and expected nothing in return. Â While his expertise and perspective were sought out, Nws kuj tseem yog ntau cov ntawv tsis txaus siab thiab email ntawm kev txhawb nqa los ntawm nws uas tau muab kev lees paub meej thiab tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev xa xov rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb ntawm Ntiaj Teb Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Network tau sib koom thoob ntiaj teb..

Clayton Yeutter tuag hauv 2017, but the book brings him back to life. I can see that broad grin and hear his voice saying: "Peb yuav tsum tso siab rau kev lag luam ua liaj ua teb hauv ntiaj teb, kom cov khoom noj tuaj yeem ntws mus rau qhov chaw uas lawv xav tau. Trade barriers must be made more expensive for countries that resort to them.â€

Txoj ntsiab cai no yog qhov tseem ceeb rau nws txoj hauj lwm hauv lub neej, raws li nws tau mus sib tham txog kev cog lus ua lag luam nrog Canada, Nyiv, European Union, thiab tag nrho lub ntiaj teb no. Clayton Yeutter ua lub neej zoo rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb hauv nws lub sijhawm thiab nws lub zog tseem ua rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb zoo dua niaj hnub no.

As I prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States with my family this week, I have much to be thankful for. Included in that long list are the mentors I have been privileged to have in my life. And this year, special gratitude for the remarkable legacy and friendship of Clayton Yeutter.

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Niam mab liab tej nkoj nquam

Mary Boote serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network. Raised on a Northwest Iowa dairy, pork, pob kws, and soybean family farm, she had the privilege of serving as agriculture adviser to Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad from 1997-1999.

Through the Global Farmer Network, Mary works with farmers around the world to develop and deliver communication platforms that engage the farmers' perspective and voice as an integral part of the dialogue regarding the global agri-food system. The mission: To amplify the farmers' voice in promoting trade, technology, sustainable ua liaj ua teb, economic kev loj hlob, thiab cov zaub mov kev ruaj ntseg.

Named as one of the Worldview 100: Global Industry's top 100 Visionaries and Leaders in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview in 2015, Mary has had the opportunity to travel internationally, serving on agriculture leadership missions that focused on issues as varied as instruction on strategic planning and personal representation for privatized agriculturalists in newly independent countries to learning more about smallholder maize projects to observing the trade negotiation process at the World Trade Organization.

Mary attended Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa and was privileged to participate in the 2009 Harvard AgriBusiness Seminar.