Supporting Market Access to Reinvigorate Trade Act of 2022

1. China market access, and Economic Trade Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People's Republic of China. 2. APHIS facility inspections and approvals with regard to foreign market access, general market access and export issues. 3. General efforts to prevent diseases, like African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering the U.S. 4. General tariff issues, including aluminum and tinplate steel tariffs affecting pet food manufacturers. 5. Other tariff and trade disrupting issues affecting pet food manufacturers. Specifically supports suspending, reducing, or eliminating tariffs which currently hinder or food and agriculture exports. 6. Supports addressing and finding solutions to the immense challenges impacting our nation's food and agricultural supply chains, specifically as it relates to the pet food industry being named an essential business during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2). 7. Supports uninterrupted trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada to provide access to the goods they need, including pet food. 8. Supports U.S. agricultural export promotion and long-term market development. 9. Supports strengthening multilateral trade rules on agriculture that promotes resilient, adaptive, and innovative agricultural markets. 10. Supports nomination of Oregon Dept of Ag Director Alexis Taylor to serve as the U.S. Department of Ag's Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. 11. Supports nomination of Doug McKalip as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 12. Supportive of H.R. 9244: Supporting Market Access to Reinvigorate Trade Act of 2022; or SMART Act and S. 4941: Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act of 2022; or CREAATE Act of 2022. If enacted, this legislation would double the amount of funding to at least $400 million each year for USDAs Market Access Program (MAP) and at least $69 million each year for the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program. These programs are critical for our nations farmers as they work to expand global market access for U.S. produced agricultural exports, including pet food.