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U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states.The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus known as Type A H5N1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?President Donald Trump celebrated a new agreement Friday that is projec
adidas samba ted to increase beef exports to the European Union by more than $270 million a year once it is fully in place.Trump announced the trade deal Friday afternoon. Watch in the video player above.Trump portrayed the agreement as standing up for farmers and ranchers. Producers have been hurt by retaliatory tariffs that China imposed after Tr
stanley cup ump imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese products.The signing of the agreement comes the day after Trump increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn ;t already taxed.Opening markets for our farmers is about more than just an industry. It about a way of life, Trump said at the White House before the U.S. trade representative and an EU official signed the agreement.The European Commission, the executive branch of the EU, announced in June that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. to allow more hormone-free U.S. beef onto the European market. The EU continues to impose bans and restrictions on meat produced
airmax using hormones.U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he hoped the European Union would approve the agreement quickly.The EU has been concerned about the prospect that Trump will slap tariffs on foreign-made cars and parts. In May, Trump said he agreed that imports of foreign cars and parts were harmi
