During the administrations of Presidents Marci and Trump, relations between the U.S. and Argentina started to improve. For example, the Trump Department of Commerce accepted Argentina’s petition for a “changed circumstances” review of the countervailing duties placed on imports of Argentina biodiesel, and issued a preliminary ruling that would have reduced the CVDs on biodiesel imports. In the end, however, amidst COVID and after Macri’s unsuccessful re-election bid, the final ruling in 2020 kept the CVDs. The two presidents had discussed further trade and economic ties between the countries. Trump hosted Macri at the White House to discuss security issues prior to the WTO G20 meeting in Argentina, and s...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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