Export Enhancement Program
The Export Enhancement Program (EEP) and similar policies became necessary because U.S. exporters faced unfair and highly subsidized competition from the European Union. Current U.S trade policy favors the elimination of export subsidies and the United States has put forth an ambitious proposal in the current round of multilateral trade negotiations to eliminate export subsidies completely with reductions phased in over a five-year period in equal annual increments.
- NASDA supports export subsidy elimination in multilateral agreements if the implementing legislation for that agreement allows up to 50 percent of unused EEP funds to be used for related market development and promotion activities.
- NASDA’s support for the elimination of the EEP and similar programs is contingent upon a world-wide commitment to end export subsidy practices.
NASDA supports the promotion of international markets for American grown agricultural products and opposes legislative efforts that specifically exclude the ability to promote and market those products abroad.