In action late Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee cleared the way for a vote on the full Senate floor for Alexis Taylor for the position of USDA’s undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. Taylor now joins U.S. Trade Representative chief agricultural negotiator nominee Doug McKalip who also awaits a vote by the full Senate.
USDA recently cut its fiscal 2022 agricultural export forecast and projected an agricultural trade deficit for fiscal year 2023. U.S. agriculture has for decades had a trade surplus, which has led agricultural groups to continue their…
