Agriculture May Have Played a Role in Convincing Trump to Hold Off on China Trade Action
10 August 2017 Agriculture may have indirectly played a role in helping encourage President Donald Trump to hold of off on taking trade action against China — at least for now, writes Jeff Daniels on CNBC.com.
The agriculture lobby and politicians from farm states have been pressing the administration, including Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, to refrain from imposing tariffs or trade penalties. The biggest fear they have is ag could become collateral damage in a trade war with China.
“We have been having meetings with the Secretary of Agriculture, with the U.S. Trade Representative, and talking to them about the importance of trade and how important it is to agriculture — and letting them know what kind of impact sanctions would have on agriculture,” said Jim Miller, chairman of the U.S. Soybean Export Council and a Nebraska soybean farmer.
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