Trump Vows To Withdraw US From TPP on Day 1.

Nov 24, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump says he will follow through on his campaign promise to withdraw the U.S. from the TPP trade agreement.

“I am going to issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a potential disaster for our country,” Trump said in a video statement. “Instead, we will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back onto American shores.”

Meanwhile, global trade analysts says withdrawal from TPP will hurt U.S. beef exports to Japan more than it hurts the pork industry.

In the beef industry, Australia already has an FTA with Japan that’s pulling their beef import duties down—that the U.S. doesn’t have, For the pork industry, analysts don’t see it being a major negative shift to the U.S. pork market share in Japan.

Critics of Trump’s move say it opens the way for China to broaden its regional influence. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has confirmed that Asian leaders are pressing ahead with talks for a regional partnership that China has backed as an alternative to TPP.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.