US-Japan Trade Deal to Put US Exporters Back on 'Level Playing Field,' NPPC Says

The National Pork Producers Council applauded the U.S. and Japan trade agreement, saying it would place U.S. pork exporters “back on a level playing field” with competitors in one of the U.S.’s “most important export markets.” “We look forward to rapid implementation of the agreement as international competitors are currently taking U.S. pork market share through more favorable access,” NPPC President David Herring said in an Aug. 25 statement. The council, citing a study, said U.S. exports to Japan will grow from $1.6 billion in 2018 to more than $2.2 billion “over the next 15 years” as a result of the trade deal. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the agreement at the G-7 summit in France (see 1908260033).