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While most eyes are on a trade deal with China, one former top Ag negotiator said the U.S. cannot ignore the importance now and into the future of Southeast Asia.  Darci Vetter, former Chief Ag Negotiator at USTR was heavily involved in negotiations of TPP.  Th...

The 2018 World Meat Congress gets underway next week in Dallas.  ​Trade policy issues will be front-and-center at the WMC, as a panel of experts will discuss the likely future direction of the global trading system.  The panel will be moderated by Ambassador Darci Vetter, former chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Repres...

A former Obama administration trade official says there is too much left to do before the deadline for NAFTA talks.  Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative, Darci Vetter, told Agriculture.com the negotiations “have a long way to go.”   Notin...

The Trump Administration’s goal to reduce trade deficits by renegotiating NAFTA is not a good one. That’s the opinion of former top Obama-era trade negotiator Darci Vetter.  Vetter said she feels that goal may cause unforeseen and unintentional consequences for farm exports.  Vetter was the chie...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership currently has 12 countries signed on to the agreement, but it was never mean to be only those nations.   Chief U.S. Agricultural Negotiator Darci Vetter said it was set up with the intention of expansion.  ...