O ṣeun fun idamọran ti 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.

O ti beere lọwọ awọn alamọran rẹ lati ṣe agbekalẹ eto fun awọn orilẹ-ede lati ge awọn ifunni wọn, owo idiyele, ati awọn idena wiwọle-ọja. Wọn pada wa pẹlu imọran lati dinku iwọnyi nipasẹ 50 ogorun ju ọdun mẹwa lọ. Nigbati nwọn gbekalẹ wọn osere, Yeutter wò ni o ati ki o scratched jade ni 50 o si fi rọpo rẹ 100 ogorun. As a skilled negotiator, he realized that if you want to get to fifty, o nilo lati bẹrẹ ni ọgọrun kan.

Clayton got buy-in from the Secretary of Agriculture, elegbe re minisita Oṣiṣẹ, 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, “Awọn orin pẹlu Onija: Clayton Yeutter ara ilu Amẹrika,” 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.

Mo ni lati mọ Clayton ni awọn ọdun ikẹhin ti igbesi aye rẹ. A ti sopọ ni ipele ipilẹ: O jẹ ọmọkunrin oko lati Nebraska ati pe emi jẹ ọmọbirin oko lati Iowa. A wà mejeeji nife ninu àkọsílẹ imulo, paapa pẹlu ọwọ si ogbin. O ti ṣiṣẹ fun awọn alakoso mẹrin, mo sì ti ṣiṣẹ́ fún gómìnà.

His career was prestigious—after serving as U.S. Aá¹£oju Iá¹£owo labẹ Alakoso Reagan, o jẹ Akowe ti Agriculture labẹ Aare George H.W. Bush—he was a busy man whose advise was sought out by many, sugbon ko ri ara re bi pataki tabi o nÅ¡išẹ fun mi. Mo gbadun ifiwepe sisi lati ri i ni awọn abẹwo si Washington, D.C., ati pe o ni ifẹ ti o ni agbara si Nẹtiwọọki Agbe Agbaye nitori pe o gbagbọ ninu iṣẹ apinfunni ti apinfunni ti agbẹ-gbẹ wa ti o á¹£e agbero fun awọn ilana iá¹£owo to dara julọ ati iraye si imọ-ẹrọ ti o da lori imọ-jinlẹ ni iṣẹ-ogbin..

Kọja awọn nọmba kan ti odun ati aro ipade, o di a awoṣe olutojueni: a person who shared his experience and advice and expected nothing in return.  While his expertise and perspective were sought out, o tun jẹ ọpọlọpọ awọn akọsilẹ ti a ko beere ati awọn imeeli ti iwuri lati ọdọ rẹ ti o pese idaniloju ati iṣeduro pataki ti iṣẹ naa ati fifiranṣẹ awọn agbe ti Global Farmer Network ti n pin ni agbaye..

Clayton Yeutter kú ni 2017, but the book brings him back to life. I can see that broad grin and hear his voice saying: “A gbọdọ ṣe ominira iṣowo ogbin agbaye, kí oúnjẹ lè ṣàn níbi tí wọ́n nílò rẹ̀. Trade barriers must be made more expensive for countries that resort to them.”

Ilana yii jẹ ipilẹ si iṣẹ igbesi aye rẹ, bi o ti tẹsiwaju lati ṣe adehun awọn adehun iṣowo pẹlu Canada, Japan, European Union, ati gbogbo agbaye. Clayton Yeutter ṣe igbesi aye dara julọ fun awọn agbe ni akoko tirẹ ati pe ipa rẹ tẹsiwaju lati jẹ ki awọn agbe dara julọ loni.

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.