House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson of Minnesota is leading a trade mission to Central and South America. The delegation is scheduled to make stops in Brazil, Argentina, and Honduras. They?ll meet with agriculture leaders from the public and private sectors of each country.
Patrick Delaney, the committee?s communications coordinator, says discussions will include the effects of the changes in U.S. trade policy. ?This includes what openings the administration?s trade war has created for our competition in those countries,? Delaney says, ?as well as how Chinese investment has increased the competitive capacity of South American producers.?
Other discussions will cover ag trade issues that are important to each country. In Honduras, the delegation members will meet with American service members stationed in that country. Peterson says Trump Administration officials had encouraged him to include that particular stop in Honduras. Delaney didn?t provide the names of other trade delegation members, preferring to leave it up to each member to discuss the trip when they return to the U.S.
