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The Republican National Convention got underway this week, and the platform looks very similar to what was discussed back in 2016, meaning farming will hold prominent place in the policy blueprint. The GOP platform calls for less Ag regulation that has raised consumer costs, expanding science-based trade, no GMO labeling, and more rural broadband ...

The Washington Council on International Trade says the 2016 Democratic Platform which laid out the party’s stance on trade, is not that dissimilar from the Trans Pacific Partnership.  WCIT’s Ashley Dutta told the Washington Ag Network, at this point, much of the disagreement with TPP is more about politics, rather than policy.   “There’...

With both Candidates for President openly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal could be facing an increasing uphill battle towards getting congressional approval.   At the Democratic National Convention this week, chants broke out of “No TPP” while Bernie Sanders was speaking Monday, the same day his party approved its platform which is formally against the trade agreement.  Hilar

Farm and agribusiness groups are planning their traditional events at the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions this month.   DTN/The Progressive Farmer reports they’ll have some competition from a group called Plate of the Union, which is a coalition of groups with close ties to the Environmental Working Group.  Plate of...