Exports Will Set New Records In 2008 (USDA Radio News; 12/31/07 - real, mp3, wave)

International Macroeconomic Data Set (Economic Research Service; 12/19/07)

Statement by Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner on Signing of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (12/14/07)
— U.S. And Peruvian Leaders Sign Free Trade Agreement (USDA Radio News; 12/14/07 - real, mp3, wave)

USDA Opens New Agricultural Trade Office In China
The Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Chengdu, China -- a region of nearly 200 million people -- is the fourth ATO on mainland China and the 102nd overseas office staffed by USDA in 82 countries around the world.  (12/14/07)
— U.S. And China Continue To Work On Food Safety Issues (USDA Radio News; 12/20/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S. And China To Work Together On Second Generation Biofuels (USDA Radio News; 12/20/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— New Agricultural Trade Office In China (USDA Radio News; 12/21/07 - real, mp3, wave)

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (12/12/07)
— New Numbers Show Stronger Exports (USDA Radio News; 12/13/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— What’s Behind Another Record Setting Export Year (USDA Radio News; 12/18/07 - real, mp3, wave)

U.S. and China Conclude Third Meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (12/13/07)
— U.S. and China Increase Biofuels Cooperation Ahead of the Third U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue (12/12/07)
— U.S. Government Officials Travel to China for Trade Talks (12/07/07)
— U.S.–China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) Outcomes (pdf.;12/11/07)
— The United States-China Government Signing Ceremony Fact Sheet (pdf.;12/11/07)
— U.S.-China Biofuels Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (pdf.;12/11/07)
— U.S.-China Agricultural Science and Technology Protocol (pdf.;12/11/07)

Mark Keenum, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA, Keynote Speech:  “Securing Food Supplies in a Tighter Global Market”
International Grains Council Forum, Tokyo, Japan (12/05/07)

USDA's Conner Responds to Congressional Approval of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (12/04/07)
— Statement by the U.S. Trade Representative (12/04/07)
— More about the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

FY 2008 Exports Revised Upward to Record $91 Billion; Imports Increased Slightly to $75.5 Billion (11/30/07)
— Read the full report (.pdf)
— FAS Analysis
— USDA Radio Interviews with FAS Administrator Mike Yost on the Agricultural Trade Forecast:
      1. Demand the Primary Driver for Increased U.S. Exports (USDA Radio News; 12/03/07 - real, mp3, wave)
      2. U.S. Agricultural Exports Continue Dramatic Upward Trend (USDA Radio News; 12/03/07 - real, mp3, wave)
      3. Several Ag Exports Popular Around the World (USDA Radio News; 12/03/07 - real, mp3, wave) 
— Ag Export Forecast Projects a 2008 Record (USDA Radio News; 11/30/07 - real, mp3, wave)