Urge a Phase Two trade agreement with Japan

Smucker joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging the U.S. Trade Representative and Agriculture Secretary to work swiftly on a comprehensive Phase Two trade agreement with Japan. The lawmakers asked that dairy farmers not be left behind in the negotiations.

Context: The passage describes a 2020 request and does not establish the agreement’s later status.

In their own words

sent a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urging their offices to work swiftly on a comprehensive Phase Two trade agreement with Japan.

The source

Lloyd Smucker: official policy priorities

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