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Ag groups hope for quick tariff resolutions
Agricultural groups are having mixed reactions to President Trump’s partial retaliatory tariffs.
National Farmers Union President Rob Larew tells Brownfield pursuing fair trade is essential but, “There are a lot of ways to do that.”
“Restoring mandatory country of origin labeling, for example, would really help distinguish the quality of U.S. beef products that we have, making sure that we are opening up new markets, and to make sure that we’re not creating potential trade competitors with our allies,” he encourages.
Larew says any lost market share diminishes years of checkoff investments into new markets.
“A lot of the work that’s been done both by growers and by companies that help support that work, in places like China, that all gets eroded after you have a trade war, and it may never come back,” he explains.
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says increased tariffs threaten the economic sustainability of farmers who have lost money on most major crops for the past three years.
Leaders from the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council say they’re glad to see the administration focusing on long-time barriers to trade and want to see tariff and nontariff trade barriers that bog down exports addressed.
International Fresh Produce Association CEO Cathy Burns says she remains concerned about the broader application of tariffs on global trading partners and disruptions to supply chains, market stability, and food prices worldwide.
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