U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, USDA official portrait on Feb. 14, 2025. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins will visit six international markets in her first six months on the job to help expand markets and boost American agricultural exports. At a time when the agricultural trade deficit is at almost $50 billion following the previous administration’s little to no action taken in the international marketplace, the USDA is now working to diversify global markets, strengthen existing markets, and hold existing trade partners accountable for their end of the deal.
“USDA remains committed to expanding market access around the world,” Rollins said. “I’m going abroad to sell the bounty of American agriculture and to ensure the prosperity of our hard-working agricultural producers. Everything is on the table to get more markets for our products.”
This year, the Ag Secretary will visit Vietnam, Japan, India, Peru, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. Other USDA trade missions include stops in Hong Kong, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, and Mexico.
