Doud: NAFTA must be 'worked out,' U.S. must 'play offense' on agriculture

U.S. chief agriculture negotiator Gregg Doud said last week that reaching a successful conclusion of the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation was the top priority of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative -- though President Trump on June 9 said again that the U.S. could be better off without the deal altogether. "We've got to get this NAFTA thing sorted out," Doud said in a June 8 speech to the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. "From...