Wall Street isn’t the only place where President Donald Trump’s tariffs have struck a nerve. Agricultural communities across the U.S. fear escalating trade tensions will increase prices of U.S. goods abroad and harm their business.
Major crops are traded on global markets, which means that production failures can have far-reaching impacts. Moreover, climate change is expected to generate heat waves and drought that could cause crop losses in most of the world’s breadbaskets. Read more
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This week Chinese officials are in Washington, D.C. to negotiate trade. As part of those talks Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in the oval office on Thursday with President Trump and Chinese officials including Chinese-Vice Premier Liu He. According to Perdue, both sides are clear on what the other wants[…]
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