US ag exports to TPP bloc up 5 percent if trade barriers fall

U.S. agricultural exports to the 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks would rise by 5 percent over a decade if all agricultural tariffs and tariff-rate qoutas were eliminated, says USDA’s Economic Research Service. The TPP bloc includes 800 million people and 40 percent of the world economy. In its study, ERS used a… » Read More