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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday announced a $280 million program to pay Texas producers seeing a shortfall in Rio Grande water deliveries from Mexico.
President Donald Trump postponed tariffs for products arriving from Mexico and Canada that are covered by a North American trade pact by a month, while lowering the duty to be applied to potash imports.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that the president is willing to consider additional tariff exclusions, after announcing a temporary carve-out for automobiles from Canada and Mexico.
Manufacturers and distributors of agricultural inputs tell Agri-Pulse they're already thinking about how to mitigate added costs from tariffs and bracing for difficult conversations with suppliers.
China slaps new tariffs on a raft of U.S. agriculture and food exports following new duties. Canada implements the first step of its two-step retaliation plan, while Lutnick teases a potential deal with the U.S.' neighbors.
New U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to raise duties on China.
President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for imposing new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China looms Tuesday, while on Capitol Hill negotiators remain deadlocked over plans to avoid a government shutdown after March 14.
President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration plans to impose a new 10% duty on Chinese imports next week, on top of the new 10% duty that went into effect earlier this month.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that new tariffs on Mexico and Canada would go into effect April 2, almost a month later than anticipated, but White House officials later walked it back, insisting the March 4 date still holds.
The Mexican government on Wednesday repealed an import ban on genetically edited corn after the U.S. successfully argued the measure violates its commitments under a North American free trade deal.
