Washington Report

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at ending President Trump’s emergency declaration allowing him to levy tariffs on Canada, by a margin of 219-211. A half-dozen GOP lawmakers voted in support: Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky), Don Bacon (Neb), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa), Jeff Hurd (Colo), Kevin Kiley (Calif) and Dan Newhouse (Wash).

The U.S. has unveiled new trade deals with Taiwan, North Macedonia and Bangladesh.

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) has been awarded nearly $7 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to help expand exports of U.S. poultry and eggs, the agency announced this week. NCC has been a long-standing advocate for full funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program in Congress.

The trade pact between India and the U.S. — which will see tariffs on Indian exports lowered to 18% from 25% — comes less than a week after India reached a major free trade agreement with the EU.

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday focusing on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.