Trade Wins

Overview

Since January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has made agricultural trade a top national priority – reversing years of stalled negotiations, unfair barriers, and shrinking market share for American farmers and ranchers. Through new Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ART), targeted enforcement actions, and historic bilateral trade deals, President Donald J. Trump, Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, and Under Secretary Luke J. Lindberg have secured expanded market access, eliminated tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and created billions of dollars in new export opportunities for U.S. agriculture.

These efforts are part of the Administration’s broader strategy to restore America’s agricultural trade balance and reverse the growing agricultural trade deficit inherited at the start of 2025. By opening new markets, increasing demand for U.S. products, and enforcing fair and reciprocal trade rules, the Administration is working to drive American agricultural exports higher and bring the agricultural trade deficit down.

These trade wins are strengthening farm income, supporting rural jobs, and helping reduce the agricultural trade deficit by restoring fair, reciprocal trade relationships around the world.

Enforcement and Market Protection

• Section 301 investigations launched to ensure compliance (China, Brazil)
• Canada removed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products
• Strategic tariff enforcement to counter unfair trade practices
• Reciprocal tariff structures designed to protect American producers.

Trade Wins

Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ART)

Ecuador

February 13, 2026 - Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) concluded

• Reduces or eliminates tariffs on key U.S. agricultural products
• Reduces major non-tariff barriers, including import licensing and facility registration requirements
• Expands access for U.S. producers in a growing Latin American market

Taiwan

February 12, 2026 - ART signed

• Preferential market access for horticultural products, wheat, beef, dairy, pork, lamb, tree nuts, pet food, ketchup, peanuts
• Strengthens U.S. position in a high-value Asian market

Bangladesh

February 9, 2026 - ART signed

• Duty-free access for most agricultural goods
• Remaining tariffs phased out over 5–10 years
• Expands grain and oilseed export opportunities

Guatemala

January 30, 2026 - ART signed

• Establishes E10 ethanol mandate (50 million gallons annually targeted)
• Science and risk-based import inspections
• Recognition of processed foods registered in Central America
• Eliminates non-tariff barriers

El Salvador

January 29, 2026 - ART signed

• Eliminates unnecessary fumigation requirements
• Accepts U.S. food safety and test results
• Removes red tape on grains and seafood
• Commits to good regulatory practices
   

Economic Prosperity Deals and Investments

Japan

July 22, 2025 - U.S.-Japan Framework Agreement

• $8 billion in U.S. agricultural purchases
• 75% increase in rice purchases
• Major commitments for corn, soybeans, fertilizer, bioethanol
• Strengthens long-term demand for Midwest producers

United Kingdom

May 8, 2025 - Historic Trade Agreement

• $700 million ethanol tariff-rate quota
• Expanded access for U.S. beef and bison
• $5 billion in new agricultural export opportunities

China

October 30, 2025 - Agricultural Trade Agreement

• Resumed soybean purchases (12 mmt in 2025/26; 25 mmt annually thereafter)
• Sorghum and log purchases resumed
• Rare earth export controls delayed
• Strengthens Phase One enforcement

Trade Frameworks

India

February 6, 2026 - Joint Statement Framework Announced

• Tariff reductions or eliminations on DDGs, sorghum, tree nuts, apples, blueberries, cranberries, soybean oil, wine and spirits
• Opens one of the world’s fastest-growing food markets to U.S. producers

European Union

August 21, 2025 - Reciprocal Trade Framework

• Preferential market access for seafood, tree nuts, pork, bison
• Addressing non-tariff barriers
• EUDR delayed to prevent unfair compliance burdens

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

November 14, 2025 - Trade Framework Announced

• $200 billion investment commitment
• Tariff reductions on nuts, seafood, whiskey
• Expanded access for beef, bison, poultry
• Removal of non-tariff barriers

Argentina

November 13, 2025 - Trade Framework

• Access for U.S. poultry
• Simplified red tape for beef and pork exports
• Protection of U.S. product naming rights

Other Market Access Wins

Vietnam

March 2025 - MFN Tariff Reduction

• Ethanol tariff reduced from 10% to 5%
• Expands competitiveness for U.S. biofuels

The Bottom Line

Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States is restoring fair, reciprocal trade and expanding global demand for American agriculture. These agreements are delivering:

• Billions in new export commitments
• Reduced tariffs and non-tariff barriers
• Stronger enforcement of trade rules
• Expanded market access for beef, grains, dairy, ethanol, specialty crops, and more

America’s farmers feed the world, and the Trump Administration is ensuring they can compete and win.