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NPPC: Pork producers “holding their breath”

The heightened potential of world trade retaliation has U.S. pork producers on edge. Nick Giordano – vice president and global government affairs counsel for the National Pork Producers Council – tells Brownfield Ag News President Trump’s decision to place steep import tariffs on steel and aluminum puts ag in a difficult position. The U.S., on average, has been the top pork exporter in the world for the past 10 years, “Producers are collectively holding there breath here. These tariffs are big. We hope they don’t have ramifications for us and we’re concerned.”

Giordano says, that make them ‘kind of exposed’ – “Agriculture as you well know and our producers and producers outside of the pork industry – farmers and rancher understand that often ag takes it on the chin when foreign governments retaliate.” Trump has said he will impose the tariffs next week, and Giordano says, “Well have to see what happens.”

AUDIO: Interview with Nick Giordano~