Tag: Tariffs
Since the Republican convention and most recently in his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to promote trade tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods, as his economic cure-all for…
Former President Donald Trump threatened to hit U.S. farm machinery maker Deere & Co. with steep tariffs if the company moves production to Mexico during an event on American farmers and trade. “I’m just notifying…
Some livestock groups are pushing for Congress to reinstate labeling requirements in the upcoming farm bill to make it clear where meat comes from. Mandatory country of origin labels would require all meat products to…
A $2.2 trillion bipartisan legislation was enacted Friday to lift the American economy from its slide due to the spread of COVID-19. The bill is set to add $14 billion to the Agriculture Department’s Commodity…
For the sake of consumers and producers everywhere, this international dispute should be settled without threats and tariffs.
On Wednesday, the United States and China signed off on the first phase of a trade agreement that plants some relationship certainty in the ground. Yes, this will be good for Midwest farmers. Were describing…
Donald Trumps phase one agreement with China, expected to be signed this week, is intended partly to slow Chinas move into new technologies like electric cars by protecting the intellectual property of American corporations. Which…
One mystery of the Trump -era economy has been why U.S. manufacturing slumped sharply in late 2018 and 2019 after surging the year before. The Occams razor culprit is the onset of trade war, and…
Tariffs, tweets and trade. These three words until recently didnt dominate conversations regularly. Now youll find them peppered into discussions all across rural America. In small-town cafes, co-ops and churches anywhere community members gather for…
Washington is one of Americas most trade-reliant states, so President Donald Trumps ongoing trade negotiations have brought broad economic uncertainty. With agriculture the second-biggest sector of the states export market, it initially appeared the announcement…
