Agriculture and USTR Chiefs to Lead Bipartisan Delegation to Colombia

Washington (Oct. 25)—Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner told reporters that he looked forward to co-hosting a bipartisan congressional delegation to Colombia with U.S. Trade Ambassador Susan Schwab. Along with Colombia, there are pending free trade agreements with Peru, Panama and South Korea. Conner indicated that Colombia was a critical agreement for U.S. agriculture saying, “the Colombia Free Trade Agreement does level the playing field for our producers … this is a very, very important effort for our own producers.” (Transcript)