A top USDA trade official is concerned about fallout from a government shutdown.
Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor spoke with reporters Thursday while on a trade mission to Chile and said export sales reports would be affected.
“That is not produced while the government is shut down. That is a critical tool for market intelligence for our exporters and for our industry in the United States.”
She says depending on the length of a shutdown, USDA trade missions to Malaysia and Singapore in late October as well as Angola in December could be in jeopardy.
