The House Agriculture Committee launches an in-depth examination of farm bill programs this week, starting with a hearing on conservation spending, and the full House will debate a competitiveness bill that seeks to bolster trade remedies and address trade with developing countries.
 
The America COMPETES Act would increase the benefits available under the Trade Adjustment Assistance to Farmers to make the program more attractive to producers harmed by foreign trade, and the Generalized System of Preferences program would be renewed with new environmental and labor requirements. GSP provides duty-free treatment to exports from qualified poor countries.
 
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