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US-Mexico-Canada trade deal may bring good news to Colo. farmers
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The United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) – or what’s being referred to as NAFTA 2.0, announced today by the Trump administration – could result in some good news for Colorado agriculture. State Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown told Colorado Politics Monday that Colorado’s wheat and dairy sectors could benefit most from the new agreement, which still must…
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US-Canada NAFTA talks to resume Tuesday
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U.S. and Canadian negotiators will meet in Washington Tuesday to resume talks regarding fitting President Trump’s trade deal with Mexico into the North American Free Trade Agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, a week earlier than previously indicated, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Monday. Canada and Mexico rank as Colorado’s two…
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BIDLACK | Colorado, U.S. ignore international debt crisis to their own peril
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Like most of you, when I get my morning edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, I quickly turn to the business section to check on my vast empire of investments. Ok, pretty much everything in that last sentence was a lie. Usually, I turn to the Op/Ed page to see if the Gazette has chosen…
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Stapleton to ag community: I’ll stand up for you with Trump administration
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State treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton hosted a roundtable Thursday for representatives of the agriculture community on trade and tariffs – a session that was closed to reporters. The forum, hosted at the Colorado Farm Bureau’s headquarters in Centennial, included Stapleton and three Republican members of the General Assembly: his lieutenant governor running…
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Millennial Policy Center gives conservative take on free trade
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The conservative Millennial Policy Center has a lot on its collective mind about foreign trade. The Denver-based think tank that engages younger voters released five policy reports on trade on the subject Monday. The center’s Free Trade Project breaks down American-Chinese trade negotiations, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and how free trade affects…
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Colorado business group urges Trump to deal fairly and wisely on NAFTA
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A group of Colorado business leaders are urging President Trump to ease up on tariffs and extend exemptions to U.S partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement. “Our markets need to be made secure, and our North American allies are a part of the solution,” Colorado Business Leaders for NAFTA said in the statement…
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NAFTA matters to Colorado — and the rest of the world
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The presidential elections in Mexico on July 1 will be critical for the United States. Our two countries share a 1,950 miles border and bi-national relationships regarding trade, immigration and law enforcement and other issues are obviously critical. This is especially true for Colorado which exports roughly $1 billion in Colorado products to Mexico each…
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Three ways trump should fix NAFTA in renegotiations
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“NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere,” candidate Donald Trump proclaimed, “but certainly ever signed in this country.” That was during the first presidential debate. Later, then-candidate Trump tweeted, “I will renegotiate NAFTA. If I can’t make a great deal, we’re going to tear it up.” Now, over one year into his…
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Federal immigration stymies ag labor workforce with few solutions in sight
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Robert (RT) Sakata is part of a legendary farming family with a 1,600-acre farm near Brighton. Sakata Farms for 74 years has produced sweet corn, onions, cabbage, pinto beans, wheat, barley, field corn and other vegetables that find their way to kitchen tables all over Colorado. But part of that tradition is dying. On March…
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Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper tells ag community future is in outdoor recreation
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, in remarks at this week’s 27th annual Governor’s Forum on Agriculture, pointed to the outdoor recreation industry as one area that can help rural communities rebound economically. In January, the Colorado Convention Center hosted the first of five years of shows from the Outdoor Industry Association, which for years had been…
