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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue appears before a Senate Ag Appropriations panel and another key hearing by the Senate Intelligence panel on the Russia situation are key agenda items this week in Washington.

Clovis officially nominated for key USDA post | Commerce Secretary Ross comments on several trade issues | FOMC statement today | Farm bill timeline | Biofuels

NAFTA concerns mount as USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue is in Mexico and USTR Robert Lighthizer comments on trade with China and on NAFTA.

Sen. McCain helps defeat GOP health-care plan | Japan takes action on frozen beef imports | Meat industry warns about KORUS rewrite | Carl Icahn and RINs | Another farm bill listening session

House out, Senate in | Employment report | White House upheaval | Farm bill listening sessions

Timelines presented for tax reform and a new farm bill, an EPA hearing on RFS mandates, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pens an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on trade policy strategy.

Trumps lists WOTUS replacement and beef sales to China as key accomplishments so far. Trump team may soon announce trade move against China.

Bloomberg reports U.S. soybeans are part of any China trade retaliation plan if President Trump unveils trade sanctions against them. Meanwhile, three CFTC nominees move to the Senate, and an update on USDA nominees.

Sen. McCain has a brain cancer, more USDA sub cabinet nominees, House budget resolution goes to the floor amid vote hurdles, and President Trump blasts off in an interview with the New York Times.

A proposal to replace an Obama-imposed WOTUS rule should be out by December, according to the first federal regulatory agenda issued by the Trump administration, but no word on when the repeal will take place.