Food-aid reform bill ends US origin, cargo preference rules

Two senators unveiled a bill that would remove two long-standing rules for U.S. food aid – that almost all the food be U.S.-grown and U.S.-flag vessels carry half of the donated food. The senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee and Democrat Chris Coons of Delaware, said their plan could free… » Read More

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