Leaders from across the U.S. agriculture and food sector have continued to express their optimism and confidence in the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement

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Leaders from across the U.S. agriculture and food sector have continued to express their optimism and confidence in the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Yesterday, trade ministers from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam concluded negotiations for the TPP—one of the largest trade deals in recent history. For America’s food and agriculture sector, which has remained a bright spot in the country’s economy for the past seven years, TPP would create more American jobs and drive the nation’s rural economy. U.S. agricultural trade with the 11 TPP countries accounted for 42 percent of U.S. agricultural exports in 2014, contributing $63 billion to the U.S. economy. U.S. agriculture supports about 1 in 11 American jobs, while agricultural trade supports more than 1 million U.S. jobs and contributes a trade surplus to the nation’s economy benefitting rural communities and keeping U.S.-grown products in the highest-demand around the world. TPP will remove unfair trade barriers and help further the global expansion of American agricultural exports, particularly exports of meat, poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables, grains, oilseeds, cotton and processed products.

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