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Trade wins piling up, McKalip says

The chief ag negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says agricultural exports have some momentum heading into 2025.

Doug McKalip tells Brownfield trade wins have been accumulating. “The recent Chile agreement on meats and cheeses,” he said. “Within the last few months, the United Kingdom has dropped its duty on powdered milk. Ecuador recently made changes to its law to help with the importation of dairy. The nation of Peru opened up its market to U.S. sausage.”

He says the U.S. has also knocked down some barriers. “We have had over a dozen tariffs come down in the past year on a whole variety of agricultural commodities.”

McKalip says more negotiations are currently underway in the Indo-Pacific Basin.