NMPF and USDEC are working hand-in-hand on trade policy issues that will affect dairy exports to China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Vietnam and other countries.

As Congress prepares to review a new trade agreement replacing NAFTA, the U.S. dairy industry remains wary that a Canadian protectionist pricing policy could return under another name. 

Trade policy experts at USDEC and NMPF synthesized the most significant provisions of USMCA for the U.S. dairy industry. 

The New York Times columnist and bestselling author gives USDEC members his big-picture vision of where this era of "giant accelerations" is going.

U.S. exports were a record 16.8 percent of milk solids for the first half of 2018. But the industry has "deep concerns" about the impact of tariffs moving forward.

Retaliatory tariffs give global competitors hard-to-reverse advantages in the world's largest market. 

USDEC President and CEO Tom Vilsack says new tariffs will remove a competitive U.S. advantage in Mexico while making it harder to sell dairy products to fast-growing China.

With Chinese demand for imported milk and other dairy products increasing, the potential for U.S. exports is at an all-time high.

A look at the key variables that will impact dairy trade this year. 

NAFTA modernization must move quickly to prevent the EU from making a deal with Mexico that would prevent U.S. exporters from using common cheese names.

Stan Ryan describes the level playing field a modernized NAFTA should create and explains why thriving dairy exports to Mexico and Canada are vital to U.S. economic prosperity. 

Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been crisscrossing the globe as a frequently quoted ambassador for USDEC and the U.S. dairy industry.

USDEC President and CEO Tom Vilsack says the United States needs to “hold countries accountable” on trade agreements.

USDEC's president and CEO has been a go-to source this week on issues swirling around The North American Free Trade Agreement.

If knowledge is power, a new Global Cheese Database, Dairy Data Dashboard and information-rich series of articles should increase U.S. Dairy's global competitiveness.

With a new president and Congress preparing to take office, it's a good time to remind our elected officials how opening foreign markets raises U.S. dairy exports and helps our U.S. economy.

An Informa Economics IEG study shows GIs would take billions from the U.S. dairy industry, slash cheese consumption and increase prices for consumers.

The United States takes aim at a Canadian pattern of evading trade commitments vital to the U.S. dairy industry. 

Historic vote is just the beginning of an unclear and unprecedented process that will reshape global trade links for U.S. dairy exports.

A hurried Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would tilt an already unlevel playing field toward the European Union.