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Washington Week Ahead: On heels of tariff deal, Trump seeks to reassure rural base

06/09/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department corn E15 ethanol immigration mexico nafta President Donald Trump prevented planting Senate Agriculture Committee trade U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement usda Vice President Mike Pence
President Donald Trump heads to Iowa this week to shore up his rural base and promote the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, fresh from dropping a threat to impose new tariffs that farm groups and lawmakers feared could jeopardize congressional approval of the North American trade pact.
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