firm and clear. on international trade law and now a partner at i asked him what prime minister trudeau will be talking about with eu leaders. the canada—eu trade agreementh came into force in 2017 between the eu and canada. it's now 160 billion of bilateral trade so how to deepen that in the context of a united states leader and its retreat from engagement in multilateral the breach and try to keep upholding the value on steel and aluminium. of those metals. could be enforced. yes. and you know, we've seen this movie before. the major action of the us administration under the first on steel and aluminium. only in 30 days. is deep and broad. that's going to harm the us. challenge of china. christophe bondy there with his analysis. the us is india's top trading partner — with trade reaching $190 billion in 2023. by president trump. which trump has often criticised, were pre—emptively batteries and mobile phone components that could benefit trade and tariffs will be key discussions between the two be on avoiding any potential trade war. multiple media reports say that india is already preparing an additional list of tariffs on us products that could be red

i asked him what prime minister trudeau will be talking the canada—eu trade agreement, which came inton 2017 and has already seen a 60% increase in trade between the eu and canada. between the two parties. so how to deepen that in the context of a united states that is acting in a capricious and protectionist manner? so that's one of the things they'll be discussing. leader and its retreat from engagement in multilateral and for canada, it's a very tense time for them of those metals. but also there's a 30—day reprieve ongoing at the moment for tariffs of 25% on all canadian goods, and that could be enforced. on steel and aluminium. only in 30 days. the engagement between canada and the united states level to demonstrate exactly what trade officials have been that's going to harm the us. challenge of china. steel in particular, is over—production in china. the indian prime minister narendra modi will be arriving in the us later today for a two—day bilateral visit. the us is india's top trading partner — with trade reaching india exported more goods to the us than it imported. the barra

trade agreements. it didn't initiate or even ask congress for trade promotion authority. instead, the biden administration launched ipaf and the us eu trade technology council, which didn't include traditional trade provisions and were never even finished. i get that these frameworks laid a foundation, but as mr. lahood heard me say last week, when we traveled together, they were like a hamburger without the meat. it's actual agreements that provide the meaty protections for farmers and to open up new markets, and we could have done more, but going forward, let's do more. we must do more when it comes to trade and trade agreements. now at the same time, i am also disappointed with the tariffs threatened and levied by the current administration. these tariffs absolutely undermine the trade enforcement mechanisms that we've established under usmca, especially makes it difficult for negotiators. going into usmca review in 2026, how do we expect our partners to trust or use trade enforcement procedures if the model we set is to ignore those options and to use tariffs kind of as a shoot now aim later type of process. not only are these t

eu. the united states has a dairy trade deficit of neay $3 billion alone with the eu. can you speak more about structural trade barriers driving massive deficits and what role can new enforceable trade agreements play i addressing these market access barriers? >> there's no qstion e eu treats us poorly in agculture. it has for a long time. subsidies, protectionism. it is not just that you have to meet the standard in terms of food safety, you have to me the process and every step along the way in the process. if you don't follow every step in their process, you don't have access. it is unbridled protectionism at the end of the day. we have been having this conversation since the 1980's. we've always talked about subsidies in europe. th are not shy about it, they just make it clear that if we come up with a way to meet their processes, suddenly they come up with new ones. they move things around to prevent us from having access >> so they continue to move the goalpost back. >> they are always moving the goalpost in agriculture. my frustration is in 32 years in washington, we have always let them. from this notion of a recipcal trade relationship, we have a 26 billion dollars trade deficit in ag

trade agreements were big deal. today it is 2.5 billion. the next thing i would say is trade enforcement is critically important. before moans with the eu, very interesting situation. they have never fixed the problem, they have no interest in fixing the problem, they are protectionist. we are very competitive i had a fascinating conversation with the chinese ambassador. our goal is to expand consumption around the world to increase u.s. exports of that consumption. we are trying to increase protein and that is our advantage on the protein side. >> comment on the effect on commodity prices. that is a huge issue for everybody. >> i believe senator dole said you have to sell it or smell it with agriculture. that is the way we look at it, 18% of our dairy is exported. beef is 15%-20%. everything we do we grow in abundance in this country we are completely dependent on our ability to sell it to customers >> well, and i appreciate that. and with that, mr. chair, i will yield back. thank you. >> thank you. i now recognize mr. schnyder for 5 minutes. >> thank you, chairman smith and ranking member sanchez for holding this hearing. i want to th

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trade agreements. so the idea here would be that a good example is eu cars.ite example because the eu. the eu has very different tariffs than the us on cars. and that is something that has bothered donald trump for years. for decades actually, it has really irked him that american cars sold in europe would cost so much more than european cars sold in the united states. >> why was there an imbalance? what was the why was that policy in place? >> different industries that are trying to protect their domestic, you know, their domestic auto workers, you know, the us has always been the leader of lowering barriers, thinking that that builds, you know, economies for everybody. everybody gets a little bit richer. well yeah, that happened. except it also gutted some american factories. and that is that is the base of this sort of unease about american trade policy, globalization over the past 40 years or so. the concern, though, is in the very near term, donald trump trying to literally control alt delete the global trading system that will raise costs for american c

trade. i know donald trump is more interested in bilateral agreements than multistate agreements and if we look away from brazil and south korea and japan and china and the eu being property for trade issues and so many other countries where if we have these agreements, alan johnson about 13 countries, 6 or 7 different agreements with countries you don't think much about being significant. we increased with free trade agreements, surplus with those. >> everything you just said is important to keep in mind as we move forward with trade policy. obtaining other export markets to make sure and anyone else are not completely dependent on china for their livelihood. we will always trade with china. we dev -- we need to have exporters, we think if we can be thoughtful in going to other countries where we see concrete areas of advancement and look forward to working with the committee to talk about where to get the most bang for our buck and agreements of that we have aligned with your goals. >> brazil is a leading competitor on agriculture. when example displaced the united states and world leaders. another issue with brazil that i brought up with your predecessor

trade. i know president trump is more interested in bilateral agreements than multistate agreements. i think if we look away from brazil and south korea and japan and china and eu has been problem countries for us on trade issues but there are so many other countries where if we have these agreements, and i used george w. bush as example, and his negotiator alan johnson, about 13 countries, probably seven different agreements, with countries you don't even think much about being significant in world trade, and we have increased tremendously with these free-trade agreements our surpluses with those countries. if you want to comment? mr. greer: everything you said is important to keep in mind moving forward with policy. obtaining export markets to ensure our farmers, ranchers and anyone are not completely dependent on china for their livelihood, because that can be a high risk proposition. my guess is we will always trade with china but we have to have diverse export markets for exporters. if we can be thoughtful in going to other countries where we see concrete areas of advancement, we should pursue that. i look forward to working with you if confirmed to talk a

think we need more free trade and i know president trump is more interested in bilateral agreements i think we look away from brazil and south korea and japan and china and the eutries for us on trade issues but there are so many other countries. with countries you don't even think much about being significant in world trade. we've increased tremendously with the free trade agreements our surpluses with those countries. >> everything you just said i think is really important to keep in mind as we move forward with trade policy. i think obtaining other export markets to make sure exporters farmers and ranchers and anyone else i'm not completely dependent on china for their livelihood because i can be a high risk bopposition but my gases we will always trade with china but we do have to have diverse export markets for our exporters and i think if we can be thoughtful and going to other countries where we see real concrete areas of advancement we should pursue looking forward to working with you if i'm confirmed and the rest of the committee to talk about where we can get the most bang for our buck and other markets. any agreements we have are aligned with the our

the massive deficits and what role can you enforceable trade agreements play in addressing the market access barriers. >> there is no question the euats us poorly in agriculture and has for a long time. then subsidies protectionism. it isn't just that you have to meet the standard in terms of food safety or whatever it is to get into europe you also have to meet the process, protocol and every step along the process. if you don't follow every step in the process then you don't have access into some bridal protectionism really at the end of the day it's been the case we've had this conversation since the 1980s we've always talked about subsidies in europe and now they are not shy about it anymore, they're making it clear if we come up with a way in dairy to meet some of the processing the requirements and standards all the sudden they come up with new ones they move things around to prevent this from having access. >> they continue to move the goalpost back an extra 5 yards to make their always moving in agriculture and i think my frustration is and 32 years in washington we have always let them so from the notion of a reciprocal tr

eu. opening new and expanding existing markets is paramount because many firms to stay afloat. the best way to do this is their competence of trade agreementsinate those tariffs and nontariff barriers. we have a comprehensive agreement than the 80 countries worship. including amino acids and trace minerals only available from china. congress the administration continue to have conversations on the future of our relationship. we are proud of the work we do aperspective on the agricultural economy. they give her the opportunity to testify before you today. >> thank you, mr. zimmerman? >> good morning chairman boozman, ranking member klobuchar members of the community. like to highlight the animal disease portion i submitted for the record. for more than a year the industry has been negative impact to pipe the pathogenic influenza. as well as a highly consequential respiratory virus which is impacted between 1680%d 80% of turkey phlox nationwide. one or twice in cases of hp a.i. and commercial turkeys led to the loss of more than 6.6 million birds each pai is one 100% lethal to those exposeg enough is more subtle but equally impactful through

our response, of course, i asked him what prime minister trudeau will be talking the canada—eu trade agreementh came into force in 2017 between the eu and canada. that is acting in a capricious and protectionist manner? leader and its retreat from engagement in multilateral institutions that we've seen, how, the value of international law and the value of international and for canada, it's a very tense time they're one of the biggest exporters at the moment for tariffs of 25% on all canadian goods, you assume there's negotiations going on? yes. and you know, we've seen this movie before. trump administration was to impose tariffs but also, you know, it's going to be imposed only in 30 days. so one can assume that there is engagement on every possible the north american economy as a whole less competitive and thus less able to respond to its perceived and the real problem steel in particular, is over—production in china. that production was absorbed by the chinese construction industry. and so this is a really kind of broad brush response in the us's interest. and it remains to be seen if the u