JULY | AUGUST 2016
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completed, resulted in either immediate duty reduction for
almonds or in a few cases, a phased out elimination of
the duty over the period of several years. These duty
reductions and eliminations result directly from
Blue
Diamond’s
work during the negotiations.
The work on TPP is not complete.
Blue
Diamond Growers
is working hard to persuade
Congress to approve the negotiations. But
Congress needs to hear more voices in
favor of TPP. You can help by taking
some time this summer to write or call
your Congressional Representatives
and Senators asking them to support approval of the
agreement. It is your future that we are working to
expand. TPP will help make your membership with
Blue
Diamond Growers
even more profitable.
Julian Heron is a partner at the Washington D.C.-based lobby
firm Tuttle Taylor & Heron. He has represented
Blue Diamond
Growers
and California almonds in the nation’s capital for more
than four decades.
