The past week’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping yields initial wins for U.S. beef and financial product trade, but no North Korea agreement.

Congress is on a two-week recess but has a lot of unfinished work when they return, including the Senate voting on USDA Secretary-nominee Sonny Perdue.

It is always important to know who is telling what regarding potential Trump administration policy moves.

Details on renegotiation of the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) agreement will come between now and the first week of May, President Donald Trump pledged today.

A Senate vote today on Sonny Perdue as the new USDA Secretary and a White House agriculture-related meeting on Tuesday are the key focus items for the week ahead.

The slow-then-fast Congress is in a likely short-run fast period, so here are some updates of some policy issues of note.