Category: Top Industry Issues

The National Potato Council welcomed the signing of the Phase One Agreement reached between the United States and China, expected to reduce tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the new increased Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) going into effect today, the National Potato Council (NPC) as part of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC)...

The National Potato Council today lauded U.S. House passage of legislation ratifying the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). By eliminating retaliatory tariffs, ratification of USMCA could lead to additional growth opportunities...

The National Potato Council today welcomed U.S. House passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038), which promotes solutions to address American agriculture’s labor crisis.

Today, the National Potato Council cheered the passage of the U.S.-Japan Agreement on Agricultural Trade by Japan’s Upper House. Today’s action will restore tariff reductions and place the...

Today, the National Potato Council applauded the introduction of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID).

Today’s agreement puts the U.S. potato industry back on a level playing field with foreign competitors in accessing our largest export market in terms of tariffs. Now we must...