Ilena Peng from Bloomberg has written about the expansion of U.S. cheese exports. Former French President Charles de Gaulle once noted that his country has hundreds of different cheeses and the U.S. had hundreds of different religions. But the U.S. has since become a major producer of many different types of cheese, has won numerous awards for their quality, and is now second to Europe in supplying the rest of the world with cheese. Global cheese demand is growing at nearly 6 percent CAGR and the U.S. is riding that wave. Ms. Peng notes that American processors are building new plants across the country. U.S. cheese exports have increased each month over the past ten months despite a rising dollar. U.S. cheese exports increased 15 pe...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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