U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, laughs after being presented Cougar Gold cheese by Washington State University Acting President Dan Bernado Oct. 13 at WSU's research center in Mount Vernon. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, stands between Vilsack and Bernado. Speaking to about 200 people, Vilsack praised the Trans-Pacific Partnership and criticized Congress for squeezing his department's budget.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, laughs after being presented Cougar Gold cheese by Washington State University Acting President Dan Bernado Oct. 13 at WSU's research center in Mount Vernon. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, stands between Vilsack and Bernado. Speaking to about 200 people, Vilsack praised the Trans-Pacific Partnership and criticized Congress for squeezing his department's budget.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Trans-Pacific Partnership will benefit U.S. farmers by prying open foreign markets and putting “immense pressure” on China to match America’s high standards, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday at a forum hosted by Washington State University.
“I’m confident in saying American agriculture is a beneficiary of this agreement,” Vilsack told about 200 people crowded into a conference room at WSU’s research center in the crop-diverse Skagit Valley.
