Vilsack Strikes Defensive Posture On Dairy Access For EU Producers

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday (Dec. 1) indicated the U.S. is staking out a defensive position when it comes to dairy market access in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in light of what he said are the hardships being experienced by the U.S. industry due in part to record imports. "The dairy issue is a complicated issue because we also have a struggling dairy industry right now in the U.S. And we have seen a...