Nestlé’s subsidiary in Mexico, Grupo Nestlé Mexico, has made a commitment that is one more example of trade policy moving in the wrong direction.. U.S.-India Bilateral New Delhi has surprisingly agreed to a bilateral meeting in Washington late next month to discuss trade, intellectual property rights (IPR), and immigration issues. India sells twice as much to the U.S. as it purchases in American products, largely because of its skewed trade policy. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is likely to have a long laundry list of India’s import and export restrictions along with their distorting impacts. India, meanwhile, will discuss toughening U.S. visa requirements for its technology workers. The meeting could lead to an excellent ex...
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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