On Monday evening, President Trump announced he was upping the ante again in the trade war with China. Following China’s announcement last week of $50 billion tariffs on U.S. exports, Trump threatened back with an additional $200 billion on Chinese imports. In a statement issued Monday, Trump said: “China apparently has no intention of changing its […]

The National Farmers Union (NFU) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) have teamed up and are asking Canadian and U.S. officials to preserve the strong, longstanding trade relationship between the two countries. CFA President Ron Bonnett and NFU President Roger Johnson issued the following statement: “American and Canadian farmers and ranchers have long enjoyed […]

Dairy Farmers of Canada are not happy with President Donald Trump’s remarks and his taunting tweets at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following this weekend’s G7 summit in Quebec. The DFC says these attacks, whether on Prime Minister Trudeau, or dairy farmers in Canada, are founded more on rhetoric than fact. Based on Justin’s false […]

Ten U.S. Senators stepped forward this week to try to curtail President Trump’s proposed tariffs  through new legislation. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), […]

The agriculture industry is bracing for potential retaliatory actions against American agriculture following President Trump’s announcement Thursday that he plans to implement tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. And rightfully so. Mexico has already responded saying they will impose tariffs on U.S. imports including pork bellies, apples, grapes, […]

R-CALF USA is urging the Trump Administration to stay at the NAFTA table in negotiating. R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding reports that President Trump’s trade negotiators may accept a “Skinny NAFTA.” “We urge President Trump to stay at the NAFTA negotiating table until all the deficiencies in that agreement are […]

Hard-working U.S. farmers are in the line of fire from what looks more and more like an escalating trade war with China.

China has hit back again after President Trump announced additional tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, this time slapping tariffs on several U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, beef, and tobacco. Following China’s announcement of a proposed 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. soybeans, the American Soybean Association (ASA) is again expressing its extreme frustration […]