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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

4 in force

Implementation date

31 Jan 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Other export incentive In force

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 developing new export...

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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Financial grant In force

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 fresh sweet c...

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Implementation date

24 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Financial grant In force

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 other coun...

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Public procurement, nes In force

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 affected...

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