We support trade agreements that provide commercially meaningful and significant improvements in market access for U.S. rice while maintaining the appropriate safety net for U.S. producers that include equal market access for all types and forms of rice.

The Market Access Program (MAP), Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program, and the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP) help the rice industry open foreign markets and promote our products abroad and have a proven track record of success in more than 30 overseas markets.  Learn more about our key export markets here. 
 

Recent News

  • COOL Regulation, US-Canada-Mexico WTO Rules Against COOL

    May 18, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC -- This morning, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body made public its ruling on the United States' Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulation on certain muscle cuts of meat, citing that the regulation violates international trade rules and has caused harm to Canada and Mexico, which complained to the WTO. Full story
  • Second Chance Button The Senate Gives TPA a Second Chance

    May 14, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate to move forward with H.R. 1314, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) fell eight votes short of the 60 needed. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the legislation which would allow President Obama to submit trade deals to Congress for approval without amendments. Full story
  • ITC chart USA Rice Hails ITC Study of Global Rice Industry

    May 14, 2015

    One year to the day after the request from the House Ways and Means Committee, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has released its study of factors and policies affecting the global competitiveness of the U.S. rice industry. The study, “Rice: Global Competitiveness of the U.S. Industry,” is known as a Section 332 investigation and examined the rice industry in the U.S. and in major producing and exporting countries, such as China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Uruguay, and Brazil, and found that the world rice market is a confusing, and often unfair place. Full story