The U.S. Chamber strongly believes that America’s food supply must be abundant, affordable, and the world’s safest.
It must be abundant to not only feed Americans with nutritious food, but increasingly to help feed the world. One in three acres of American farmland is already planted for overseas markets, helping to substantially drive down our trade deficit.
It must be affordable because food costs are American household’s third highest expense.
And it must be the safest in the world to ensure the public health of American families.
The U.S. Chamber’s priorities include:
The U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Africa Business Center's private sector AGOA Forum on the digital economy, an official virtual private sector event to complement the Virtual AGOA Trade Ministerial hosted by USTR on October 20-21.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Agriculture, on a hearing entitled, "Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry." This letter also reiterates our support for S. 1251, the "Growing Climate Solutions Act."
Today U.S. Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue cautioned that the United States must continue to engage on the world stage or risk being left behind in his annual State of American Business Address.
Expanded export trade under USMCA benefits American farmers and ranchers, who provide our Thanksgiving favorites year over year.
This Hill letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
This Hill letter was sent to the United States Senate, on H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2020.
The relevance of emerging technologies cannot be emphasized enough when it comes to agriculture in 21st century Africa.
The day-long conference will bring together stakeholders from government, business, academia and multilateral institutions to take stock of the agriculture sector in Africa and identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability by incorporating technology across agricultural value chains in support of smallholder farmers.
Here are the key reasons Congress needs to pass USMCA early this fall/
This letter was sent to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, on water infrastructure provisions in the Farm Bill reauthorizations.
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