Rep.  Kevin Brady (R-TX) was selected this week to Chair the House Ways and Means Committee.  This comes after Paul Ryan was recently elected as the new Speaker of the House.

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Negotiations between the 12 nations included in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) came to a close early Monday morning in Atlanta.

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Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) last week penned a letter to South African President Jacob Zuma, urging him to quickly resolve the remaining elements of the settlement reached in June, and ultimately allow U.S. chicken exports to South Africa to resume.

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted by an overwhelming vote of 97-1 to extend for 10 years the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which gives non-reciprocal trade preferences for African countries that meet its eligibility requirements.

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