On August 30, NAEGA President and CEO Gary Martin co-chaired a meeting of the U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for Trade at the American Farm Bureau Federation. During the meeting, the Dialogue welcomed USDA Chief of Staff Ray Starling to discuss the Administration’s positions on trade, its efforts to expand U.S. market access for agriculture goods, the status of trade agreement talks with various nations, and details of the USDA’s recent trade mitigation package. The Dialogue also heard updates from the chairs of the Asia-Pacific and North American Market Working Groups and discussed plans for future meetings.