The U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC) held its annual Attache Seminar in McLean, VA this week, bringing together USDA cooperator organizations and USDA FAS staff from around the globe. Grace Wang and Mollie Buckler represented USRPA at the seminar and met with post staff from Guatemala, Morocco, Brazil, China, and Peru on Wednesday afternoon. In his FAS Update during Thursday's plenary session, FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley noted that for every $1 FAS spends on market development programs, $25 comes back to the U.S.

USRPA staff members Grace Wang and Mollie Buckler with incoming Morocco attache Ben Rau during attache consultations