Daalụ maka nkuzi nke Clayton Yeutter

Thirty-five years ago, around 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.

Ọ gwara ndị ndụmọdụ ya ka ha chepụta atụmatụ maka mba ndị ha ga-ebipụ ego ha na-enye, tarifu, na ihe mgbochi nnweta ahịa. Ha ji atụmatụ wedata ihe ndị a 50 pasent karịrị afọ iri. Mgbe ha gosipụtara akwụkwọ ha, Yeutter lere ya anya wee tuo ya 50 ma were dochie ya 100 percent. As a skilled negotiator, he realized that if you want to get to fifty, ịkwesịrị ịmalite na otu narị.

Clayton got buy-in from the Secretary of Agriculture, onye ọrụ ibe ya, 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 America’s history. The title, “Rhymes na Fighter: Clayton Yeutter Onye Ọchịchị America,” 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.

Amatara m Clayton n'afọ ikpeazụ nke ndụ ya. Anyị jikọtara na isi larịị: Ọ bụ nwa nwoke si Nebraska na-akọ ugbo na abụ m nwa agbọghọ ugbo si Iowa. Anyị abụọ nwere mmasị na amụma ọha, karịsịa gbasara ọrụ ugbo. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka ndị isi ala anọ, ma ọ bu onye-isi ka m’luworo ọlu.

His career was prestigious—after serving as U.S. Onye nnọchi anya ahia n'okpuru Onye isi ala Reagan, ọ bụ odeakwụkwọ nke ọrụ ugbo n'okpuru President George H.W. Bush—he was a busy man whose advise was sought out by many, ma ọ dịghị mgbe ọ hụrụ onwe ya dị ka ihe dị mkpa ma ọ bụ na-arụsi ọrụ ike nye m. Ọ masịrị m ọkpụkpọ òkù mepere emepe ịhụ ya na nleta Washington, D.C., ma ọ nwere mmasị dị ukwuu na Global Farmer Network n'ihi na ọ kwenyere na ozi nke ndị ọrụ ugbo anyị na-eduzi na ndị na-ekwupụta nkwupụta nke na-akwado maka iwu azụmahịa ka mma na ịnweta nkà na ụzụ dabeere na sayensị na ọrụ ugbo..

N'ofe ọtụtụ afọ na nzukọ nri ụtụtụ, ọ ghọrọ onye ndụmọdụ nlereanya: a person who shared his experience and advice and expected nothing in return.  While his expertise and perspective were sought out, ọ bụkwa ọtụtụ ndetu na-akwadoghị na email agbamume sitere n'aka ya bụ nke nyere nkwenye siri ike na nke dị mkpa maka ọrụ ahụ na ozi ndị ọrụ ugbo nke Global Farmer Network na-ekerịta ụwa niile..

Clayton Yeutter anwụ 2017, but the book brings him back to life. I can see that broad grin and hear his voice saying: "Anyị ga-eme ka azụmahịa ọrụ ugbo dị n'ụwa nwee ohere, ka ihe oriri wee na-eru n’ebe achọrọ ya. Trade barriers must be made more expensive for countries that resort to them.”

Ụkpụrụ a bụ isi maka ọrụ ndụ ya, ka ọ gara n'ihu kwurịta nkwekọrịta azụmahịa na Canada, Japan, European Union, na ụwa dum. Clayton Yeutter mere ka ndụ dị mma maka ndị ọrụ ugbo n'oge nke ya na mmetụta ya na-aga n'ihu na-eme ka ndị ọrụ ugbo dịkwuo mma taa.

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.