McKalip: Farmers seeing ‘huge’ ag trade results without FTA push

Editor's note: This story was updated after publication to clarify which cheese and meat names were protected following USTR updating its initial statement. TURTLE LAKE, WI -- U.S. agricultural producers are seeing the kind of results they want from “huge” wins, including the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers in a range of countries, despite a lack of traditional free trade agreement negotiations, Doug McKalip, the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, said here...