date:Apr 29, 2016
the opportunity to present to the negotiators on both sides.
Unfortunately, it seems that little to no progress is being made on the agriculture front. The European Union is still holding the U.S. hostage on a majority of tariff lines on agriculture products until it gets what it wants on geographical indications. Many of the tariffs that the EU has said it will eliminate are for products the U.S. doesnt produce.
A recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that, in 2015, the U