全球航运,Trade Policy and Relations Focus of USGC Meeting

Members of the美国谷物委员会（USGC）到达南卡罗来纳州格林维尔，本周举行了该组织的冬季会议，他们将专注于全球需求的驱动因素，包括贸易政策，地位中国贸易关系在进入商业和战略会议之前，全球运输集中在保持市场开放和谷物环游的方式上。

“While we will hear from top notch speakers who will orient us to the state of our industry and offer us touchpoints around the world that will help inform our work this week, it’s important that we take that guidance as we enter more than nine hours of Advisory Team meetings to offer recommendations for USGC’s direction to help meet its objectives of developing markets, enabling trade and improving lives,” says USGC Chairman Chad Willis, a farmer from Minnesota.

第一届通用会议将包括美国贸易代表凯瑟琳·泰（Katherine Tai）的记录信息。其他星期一的发言人将包括美国农业部的代理副副秘书杰森·哈弗梅斯特（Jason Hafemeister）；亚洲集团总裁Sharon Yuan；Kuehne＆Nagel战略发展副总裁Bill Rooney；以及上州SC联盟的总裁兼首席执行官John Lummus。

这些主持人将在周一下午和周二的董事会委员会（A-Teams）和部门会议上为会员讨论奠定基础。

USGC的冬季会议是玉米，高粱和大麦农民的年度机会，以及构成该组织会员资格的Agribusiness成员，与他们的国际员工会面，他们在全球范围内在数十个地点工作，从事贸易政策和市场发展问题。

The perspectives they offer during this meeting, combined with input from A-Team members help chart the course for USGC in the near term.

“我们的国际董事，我们的国家总部和我们的行业合作伙伴在这次重要的会议上提供的方向将帮助USGC在全球范围内为美国玉米，高粱大麦和联合产品发展全球市场。”

在周三的年度代表会议期间，USGC成员将听取德克萨斯农工大学农业经济学教授加里·威廉姆斯博士，他在德克萨斯农工大学退休，谈到农业贸易促进计划和其他USDA市场发展计划以及其他USDA市场发展计划的经济影响，以及Mark Slupek USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s deputy administrator of global programs, who will offer an overview of agricultural foreign market development funding.

Additionally, on Wednesday, A-Team leaders and sector directors will offer their recommendations and set USGC priorities for the coming year, and longtime USGC members and staff will be recognized for their years of service.