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Biden Administration urges port negotiations to continue

A Statement from President Joe Biden on the Negotiations Between USMX and the International Longshoremen’s Association released October 01, 2024:...

6 months ago 2 minute read

White House initiative aims to enhance supply chain

On November 27, the Biden administration announced a sweeping range of programs to address supply chain issues that were highlighted...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Looking beyond the immigration stalemate

The British weekly The Economist is one of the world’s most influential news magazines. Despite its manifest oddities, it is...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Biden administration ups ag antitrust efforts

The Biden administration has launched a partnership between USDA and state attorneys general in 31 states and the District of...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Debt ceiling deal expands SNAP—slightly

Now that the debt ceiling deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ratified in the...

2 years ago 2 minute read

New AEWR rates challenged in Congress

The adverse effect wage rates (AEWR) recently issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) are facing a legislative challenge. The...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC address banking system issues

March 12, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, Federal...

2 years ago 5 minute read

IFPA criticizes Department of Labor H-2A wage revisions

March 1, 2023 — The Department of Labor released the Final Rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Threat of rail strike ends

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure enforcing the Biden administration’s agreement to settle the rail...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Biden pushes Congress to enact rail agreement

The U.S. national rail strike has been postponed, not averted. The major railroads and the railroad workers’ unions have been...

2 years ago 2 minute read

The last legs of Title 42

Title 42 appears to be on its last legs. This measure was implemented by the previous presidential administration as a...

2 years ago 4 minute read

President Biden’s future legacy

I am deliberately writing this on the day of the election. So nothing I say can be taken as reflecting...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Beyond the free-trade ideal

The Biden administration and its predecessor are more marked by contrasts than resemblances, but in one important area, their policies...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Biden signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act

In a rare showing of bipartisan unity, Congress has passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, a bill that...

3 years ago 2 minute read

USApple supports USTR ag trade negotiator nominee

Falls Church, Va. (June 8, 2022)—The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 today applauded President Biden’s announcement that he intends to...

3 years ago 1 minute read

PBH, IFPA support White House conference on hunger, nutrition, and health

May 4, 2022 – The Produce for Better Health Foundation BB #:157162 applauds today’s announcement that the White House has...

3 years ago 3 minute read

NGA urges Biden Administration to grant vaccine mandate grocery exemption

Independent supermarkets face pressure amid acute workforce shortage and holiday rush FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2021 Washington, D.C. –...

3 years ago 3 minute read

United Fresh encouraged by Biden administration’s efforts to relieve supply chain problems

MEDIA STATEMENT, December 17, 2021 — This week there were a couple of important initiatives by the U.S. Department of...

3 years ago 3 minute read
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