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NAFTA Chapter 19 Meeting

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

On Friday, January 19 Ryan joined other agriculture industry stakeholders for a meeting on NAFTA’s Chapter 19 with Victor Mroczka, ‎Director of Trade Remedies, WTO & Multilateral Affairs at the U.S. Trade Representative. During the meeting, agriculture stakeholders discussed the benefits of Chapter 19 to exporters and investors in the North American marketplace. Chapter 19 of NAFTA creates a process for reviewing (challenging) one member’s imposition of anti-dumping (AD) or countervailing duties (CVD) on imports from another NAFTA member. It has provided U.S. food and agriculture exporters with an effective tool to hold AD and CVD investigators and administrators accountable through an appeals process that can overturn egregious AD and CVD investigations and keeps markets open for business. Currently, negotiators from the U.S., Canada and Mexico are considering the future of Chapter 19 in ongoing NAFTA negotiations.

More information on Chapter 19 can be found here.

Brussels IGTC Events Trip Report

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

A trip report is now available for Gary’s travel to Brussels, Belgium to attend and participate in IGTC outreach events. From December 3-6 Gary attended the European Commission Grains Outlook Seminar, COCERAL’s annual reception, and the International Grains Council’s 46th Session. He also met with Mr. Arnaud Petit, who will become the executive director of IGC in February 2018.

A copy of the trip report can be read here.

Tokyo Contract Seminar Trip Report

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

A trip report is now available for NAEGA’s travel to Tokyo, Japan to lead a Contracts and Best Practices Seminar. In Tokyo, Gary, Ryan and Senior Advisor Sam Bonilla educated Japanese industry and government officials on usage of and proposed changes to the NAEGA 2 Model Contract at the Tokai University Club on November 28. Topics included perspectives on the global contracting environment and case studies of commercial topics like arbitration and contract terms. A cocktail reception followed the seminar.

A copy of the trip report can be read here.

IGTC Newsletter

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

The latest IGTC newsletter is now available! This week’s newsletter includes an update from the IPPC ePhtyo Symposium in Malaysia, a farewell and thank you message to IGTC Vice President Teresa Babuscio, and an update on the IGTC questionnaire on MRLs.

For more details, read the IGTC Newsletter here or visit the IGTC website at www.igtcglobal.org.

TPP-11 Countries Reach Agreement

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

On Tuesday, January 23 the TPP-11 countries of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam reached a deal on a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The final agreement will be signed at a ceremony in Chile on March 8. The agreement comes after the United States withdrew from the TPP nearly one year ago, and includes modified language to the original TPP that eliminates or revises controversial sections on IP protections, state owned enterprises and labor.

NAFTA Negotiating Round 6

Ryan Olson January 26, 2018

U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiators are meeting this week in Montreal, Quebec for the Sixth Round of North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks. This week, negotiators sought to bridge some long held gaps in negotiating positions, with new language being proposed on auto rules of origin that would help raise regional content metrics through the inclusions of research and development spending in country of origin content methodologies. In addition, negotiators discussed U.S. and Canadian proposals on dairy market access.

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