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Plains Cotton Growers Commend All Those Involved in Bringing WTO Action Against China
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:38:45 CDT
Plains Cotton Growers commends the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Trade Representative, and a bipartisan group of Members of Congress who announced that they are launching enforcement actions against China at the World Trade Organization for their government support mechanisms for corn, wheat, and rice that the USTR says exceed China's agreement under the WTO.
"One of the greatest threats to agriculture here in the United States - and particularly cotton - is other countries and their high subsidies, tariffs and other trade barriers that prevent our producers from competing in the world market," PCG Executive Vice President Steve Verett said. "We've reformed our domestic farm policy to come under compliance with the WTO, and we appreciate the fact that the USDA, USTR and these lawmakers recognize that other countries should be examined with the same scrutiny. Our producers deserve that level of oversight."
PCG appreciates House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway for remaining steadfast in helping raise awareness of foreign agricultural subsidies and their impact on U.S. growers, and especially cotton growers, having convened two full committee hearings to examine the issue.
"- I am very hopeful that beyond the challenges announced today, that the U.S. government will also vigorously pursue a case against China concerning its cotton policy which has wreaked havoc on our domestic producers," Conaway said in a news release. "Absent this, I fear that our domestic cotton production and all that it means to our nation's economy will be lost in much the same way we forfeited our textile industry, once the largest manufacturing sector of our economy."
Source - Plains Cotton Growers
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