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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is downplaying the potential impact on agriculture of former President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose across-the-board tariffs on U.S. imports. At the same time, he says Trump’s tariff policy is critical to protecting U.S. industry, and he denies that tariffs would increase consumer prices.
Former President Donald Trump, outlining his economic agenda Thursday, said he would use a second term to ensure Americans have "safe, healthy, high quality foods"' through the use of "new and modern agricultural techniques."
When it comes to trade policy and climate, there are few indications an administration led by Vice President Kamala Harris will be much different from the one she has been a part of for four years.
President Donald Trump’s selection of an Ivy League-educated populist, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, affirms the ongoing protectionist shift of the GOP, raising the stakes for farmers who would bear the brunt of new trade wars in a Trump-Vance administration.
The Biden administration is having success at removing barriers to U.S. ag exports despite the lack of new tariff-reducing trade agreements, according to the U.S. Trade Representative's chief ag trade negotiator, Doug McKalip.
A former high-ranking USDA official in the Trump administration who now leads the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture voices concern that former Donald Trump's proposal to raise tariffs could hurt farmers.
The new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee remains focused on expanding agricultural trade and finding new opportunities for farmers, ranchers, small-businesses and working-class citizens.