…targeted industries, including agriculture. Farmers for Free Trade released a statement this week saying the tariffs “will exact immediate and painful consequences.” Meanwhile, the European Union has planned retaliatory tariffs…
Canada Seeking Answers Regarding U.S. Farmer Support Funds
Canada wants the U.S. to explain an additional $30 billion made available to support farmers harmed by trade woes, and how the U.S. might distribute the funds. Canada made the…
Agri View: Trade War Threat Continues
…trade war may cost the producers in export dollars. The threat of a trade war still has more than just farmers sweating it out. Chinese officials have said publicly that…
Ag Economy Barometer Monthly Results
…a month earlier. Organizers say a relaxation in trade tensions between the U.S. and China could account for some of the increase in optimism about the U.S. ag economy. From…
Pork Producers Respond to Mexican Retaliation
…Ohio. “The toll on rural America from escalating trade disputes with critically important trade partners is mounting. Mexico is U.S. pork’s largest export market, representing nearly 25 percent of all…
China Says U.S. Tariffs Will Negate Current Trade Talks
…and trade outcomes of the talks will not take effect if the U.S. side imposes any trade sanctions including raising tariffs,” according to Politico. China stressed that the outcome of…
Peterson: New Farm Bill Must Protect Against Trade Retaliation
…with these wrongheaded tariffs, even though farmers have repeatedly warned about retaliation from trade partners, shows that the administration isn’t listening or just doesn’t care.” Instead of a farm bill…
Tariffs Throw Another Monkey Wrench Into NAFTA 2.0
The steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Trump threw another wrench into the North American Free Trade Agreement talks. Politico says that will further delay a final agreement between…
US Sales of California Wine Increased in 2017
…totaled 278 million cases. “Consumers in the U.S. and worldwide continue to trade up to higher-priced premium wines,” Wine Institute President and CEO Robert P. (Bobby) Koch said in press…
Agriculture Groups Oppose Tariffs
…not be silent in the face of trade wars that harm U.S. agriculture.” Brian Kuehl, Executive Director of Farmers for Free Trade made the following statement after Commerce Secretary Wilbur…
Producers Getting Whiplash from Trade Back-and-Forth
American producers are suffering from dizziness, thanks to the back-and-forth headlines regarding the U.S.-China trade dispute. Tuesday, the Trump Administration announced it was moving ahead with plans for protecting intellectual…
Trade Retaliation Already Hurting Pork Producers
The National Pork Producers called for a swift resolution to the U.S.-China trade dispute because pork producers are feeling the pain. Iowa State University Economist Dermot Hayes says U.S. pork…
NAFTA Talks Continue, Time Running Short
Negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue this week in Washington, as all sides are trying to wrap up the talks quickly. Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland…
U.S. to Continue With Trade Action Against China
…previous announcements eased the scare of a trade war, but President Trump last week said any agreement between the two would need “a different structure,” prompting more trade uncertainty. From…