All countries gaining membership into the WTO must abide by the rules. China needs to be brought into the WTO when it can commit to opening its market through the rules-based system and only as a developed nation. Although USTR officials have told me that agriculture will be included, I need to be assured that this package is not just food safety or biotechnology, but a comprehensive agriculture package. He said U.S. policy makers have not done WTO preparatory work as thoroughly as they should have. I find it unconscionable that this administration and this Congress have not been able to move beyond the rhetoric to the reality of why we have the lowest unemployment and the soundest economy that any of us can remember.
Exports mean more jobs and better incomes.
Kleckner said that Farm Bureau is worried that without fast-track, trade negotiations may not start on time or they will proceed without the U.S. at the table. Legal Notice American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Bureau and the FB Logo are registered service marks of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Voice of Agriculture is a registered service mark of the American Farm Bureau Federation.