Sen. Menendez holding up McKalip’s nomination for USTR ag negotiator
Citing transparency concerns, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has placed a hold on the nomination of Doug McKalip to serve as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Inside U.S. Trade has learned. McKalip, a longtime USDA official now serving as a senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, was nominated in June for the negotiator position and approved unanimously by the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 7. He has not yet been scheduled for a...