Pacific Northwest Tree Fruit Industry Responds To Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement to help increase global agricultural exports of American produce and goods to Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, Chile, Brunei, Singapore, and New Zealand. The TPP would lower tariffs.

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In an article by the Yakima News Herald, those vested in the Pacific Northwest tree fruit industry talk about how the TPP will impact the industry.

The article says Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore provide opportunities for produce from the U.S., with an expanding middle class.

“The economics tell us that’s where the rising middle class is going to be in the next decade or two,” Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission tells the News Herald.

“There are exceptionally large populations of modest income people who really want to consume fresh fruits and vegetables, but are barred by the costs,” Keith Mathews, CEO of First Fruits Marketing told the News Herald.

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