PSA Invites You to Join their Quarterly Educational Lunch Meeting
The Pacific Seed Association (PSA) invites you to the Quarterly Educational Lunch Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, April 2nd, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Pacific Time).
Organized by the PSA Board in collaboration with the PSA Communications Committee, this meeting is designed to provide valuable educational content to our members. Each quarter, expert speakers will present on a range of topics aimed at enhancing our educational outreach and benefiting all members.
These complimentary sessions are open to all PSA members and invited guests of other associations.
Topic and Speaker:When: April 2nd at 12:00 noon (pt) Matt Lantz, Senior Vice President, Global Access, Bryant Christie Inc. Topic: We are in a whole new world of agriculture trade. With new US tariffs being applied and potential retaliation against US agriculture products by trading partners, along with transactional opportunities to address long standing ag trade irritants, growers and shippers need to be aware of what is happening and what is coming. BCI’s Senior Vice President for Global Access will review where we stand and discuss challenges and opportunities that may emerge for US agriculture exports.
Matt Lantz joined Bryant Christie Inc. in 1999 as a Trade Policy Specialist and was promoted to Senior Vice President for Global Access in 2024.
As lead on trade policy issues, Matt works to open foreign markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and addresses international agricultural policy concerns on behalf of BCI's clients. For over 20 years, Matt has worked to resolve phytosanitary, sanitary, tariff, labeling, and food additive issues in numerous countries.
On behalf of BCI's clients, Matt has navigated pesticide regulatory transitions in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Canada and the European Union, and ensured these transitions have not hindered exports. In 2001, Matt received the USDA's Trade Policy Teamwork Award for his work on Taiwan chemical residue issues. In 2017, Matt coauthored a book on pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs) entitled Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation. He is recognized as a world leader on pesticide MRL issues and agricultural trade and is invited to speak frequently on the subject.
Matt is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently serves as Vice Chair of USDA's Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. This group advises the U.S. government on agriculture trade issues. In 2020, he was named a Seattle World Affairs Council Fellow. In 2022, the world hop industry awarded Matt the Order of the Hop, the highest award for service to the “noble plant.”
Prior to joining BCI, Matt founded and managed a program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government dedicated to promoting the development of Russian political parties. He has worked on international issues on Capitol Hill for the late Senator Richard Lugar and held a State Department internship in the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia.
Matt earned his Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and his Master's degree in American Foreign Policy and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Matt was a Rotary Foundation Scholar to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where he studied Pacific Basin foreign policy issues.
Matt lives in Seattle and is an adventure traveler, journeying to such unusual destinations as North Korea, Iran, Somalia, Eritrea, Myanmar, Mongolia, Bhutan, Albania, and Tonga. He enjoys writing about his experiences.
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