NPPC Optimistic on US-EU Trade Framework

NPPC Optimistic on US-EU Trade Framework

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 21, 2025 - The White House announced a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. The administration stated the Framework Agreement aims to resolve trade imbalances and maximize the U.S. and EU's combined economic power in an ongoing process to improve market access and increase the U.S./EU trade and investment relationship.

National Pork Producers Council President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, thanked the administration for including U.S. pork, saying "America's pork producers are encouraged by the specific inclusion of pork in the U.S.-EU framework to address tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade. We look forward to continued collaboration to address longstanding market access issues."

For decades, pork trade between the U.S. and the EU has been weighted to favor EU interests. In 2024, the U.S. exported $7 million of pork products to the EU while importing over $709 million from the EU. To compare, the U.S. currently exports more pork to Honduras than to the 27 countries total that make up the EU.

NPPC will continue to engage with the Trump administration and international partners to maintain and open new market access for U.S. pork.