Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has been traveling Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy this week to engage with his counterparts on important issues facing agriculture at home and abroad. The Secretary, along with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney has been participating in events with government officials and agricultural leaders.

As President Trump was preparing to sign the USMCA trade agreement with Mexico and Canada Wednesday, Secretary Perdue spoke by phone from Rome and answered questions related to China and coronavirus, Europe and geographical indicators (GI), non-tariff trade barriers, and more.