As you may recall, back in March Congress passed the Omnibus Budget Bill for 2009. This included an item that eliminated a pilot NAFTA program (prior post).
Over 150 companies which include GE, Walmart and the American Farm Bureau issued a joint letter today urging Washington to quickly end this dispute. They state that it is putting about 26,000 jobs at risk.
Here's another post which is more specific to the Northwest and the impact on it's agricultural exports.
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