The process of building new trade relations while defending American agriculture is laborious and complex, a U.S. trade representative told Iowa Farm Bureau members in Washington, D.C., recently.

Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, assistant U.S. trade representative for agricultural affairs and commodity policy at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, shed light on current trade negotiations during a discussion with the 2018 Iowa Farm Bureau Ag Leaders class.

Front and center are trade talks between the United States, Canada ...