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Global Trade Alert

United States of America: $12 billion subsidies to farmers in response to foreign retaliatory measures

Announcement

24 Jul 2018

The United States will respond to the estimated $11 billion impact of other countries’ retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods by authorizing up to $12 billion in programs that are intended to assist agricultural producers in meeting the costs of disrupted markets.

 

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Number of interventions

4

4 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

31 Jan 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 24 Jul 2018
Other export incentive In force
<p>The CCC will also use its Charter Act authority for a Trade Promotion Program administered by the Foreign Agriculture Service "in conjunction with the private sector to assist in develop...
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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 24 Jul 2018
Financial grant In force
<p>On September 21, 2018 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the addition of commodities to the trade mitigation package. Starting September 24, producers of shelled almonds and fres...
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Implementation date

24 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 24 Jul 2018
Public procurement, nes In force
<p>The USDA will also use CCC Charter Act and other authorities to implement a Food Purchase and Distribution Program through the Agricultural Marketing Service to purchase unexpected surplus of...
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Updated: 24 Jul 2018
Financial grant In force
<p>On July 24, 2018 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to the damage done by o...
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