The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) supports President-Elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Katherine Tai to be the U.S. Trade Representative.
Since 2017, Tai has been the chief trade counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee and previously served in the Office of the United States Trade Representative as chief counsel for China Trade Enforcement.
“We congratulate Katherine Tai on her nomination,” says NPPC president Howard “AV” Roth, a hog farmer from Wauzeka, Wis. “Her deep trade experience in Congress and the executive branch will serve her well as our next U.S. Trade Representative.”
Opening new and expanding existing markets for U.S. pork exports–through regional or bilateral trade agreements and initiatives–are vital to the continued success of the U.S. pork industry, Roth said in a statement.
“As the largest pork-exporting nation, United States trade policy has tremendous ramifications for each of our hog farmers. We look forward to working with her on numerous trade-related issues, including the United States rejoining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a U.S.-UK free trade agreement that removes tariffs and all non-science-based barriers, and expanding access in heavily protected markets such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, the EU and Jamaica,” Roth said.
Read more about the potential impact of the U.S. rejoining the CPTPP here:
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