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    World Trade News

    As a service to our clients, DTB Associates provides insights on global trade news and issues - right into your mailbox.
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    Strong Relationships

    Our partners have excellent working relationships with U.S. and foreign government officials and are able to bring these resources to bear to help our clients resolve immediate trade problems and accomplish longer term trade policy objectives.
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  • agricultural trade issues

    We Know Trade

    Our partners have worked on most agricultural trade issues over the past three decades and have dealt with virtually every commodity and country.
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    We Know Washington

    Our partners have considerable expertise and an excellent track record representing both domestic and foreign interests before agencies of the U.S. executive branch, the U.S. Congress, state and foreign governments, and international organizations.
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  • Craig Thorn, Paul Drazek, Mark Sloan, Mateo Paz Soldan, Ben Conner, Violeta Guiterrez

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    Our highly experienced trade, legal, legislative, and agricultural policy experts are here to help you deal effectively with a wide range of domestic and international needs.
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  • Ben Conner joins DTB Associates

    Ben Conner Joins DTB

    DTB Associates is pleased to announce that Ben Conner joined our firm as partner on June 7, 2019. Ben’s area of expertise is in agricultural trade policy, including on topics related to the World Trade Organization (WTO), free trade agreement negotiations, bilateral market access, and U.S. farm bill legislation.
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Providing Consulting, Legal and Business Services in Trade, Agricultural Policy and Legislation

DTB Associates is committed to helping its clients find and employ the most effective legal, lobbying and negotiating tools to respond to issues that stand in the way of achieving their objectives in the global marketplace. Finding solutions to international business and trade problems can be a daunting task. We offer our clients broad experience in devising strategies to deal with issues of concern directly with governments and international bodies, or as a part of ongoing bilateral, regional and multilateral trade negotiations.

We are a full-service firm offering consulting, legal and business services. Our highly experienced trade, legal, legislative, and agricultural policy experts are here to help you deal effectively with a wide range of domestic and international needs.

World Trade News

Each month DTB Associates curates select world trade news and provides important insights to their clients. If you are interested in learning more, send us an email at dtb@dtbassociates.com.

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In The News

  • "USTR announces pick for assistant USTR for ag affairs" - DTB partner Craig Thorn points to the importance of Julie Callahan's background in regulation issues as her appointment for assistant USTR for agricultural affairs is announced. Read more from Agri-Pulse.
  • “TPP to Take Effect this Year” - During an interview with AgNet, DTB partner Paul Drazek explains the importance of bilateral talks with Japan in light of the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. Read the article and listen to the podcast.
  • “China tariff threats are now reality for farmers in Ohio” – In the tariff dispute between the U.S. and China, farmers in Ohio are feeling the pinch. DTB partner Paul Drazek explains that tariff retaliations may be just the beginning if the two countries don’t return to negotiations. Read more in the Ohio Country Journal.

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