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ICYMI: While Democrats focus on yet another baseless witch hunt, President Trump is fighting for our country, delivering a huge win for Pennsylvania farmers thanks to a new deal with Japan.
As Bloomberg points out, American farmers will benefit the most from the newly negotiated United States-Japan Trade Agreement, thanks to lowered or reduced tariffs on American-grown farming products such as beef, pork, almonds, blueberries, corn and more.
As President Trump said, this is a “huge victory” for American agriculture.
So while Democrats in Congress continue to go against the will of their constituents and pursue another long-winded witch hunt, President Trump is working hard for the American people by negotiating new trade deals and delivering a booming economy for Pennsylvania farmers and workers.
Read more below:
American Farmers Are Main Winners from U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement
Bloomberg
Mario Parker
September 25, 2019
U.S. farmers -- reeling from trade wars, low commodity prices and bad weather -- are set to be the main winners from President Donald Trump’s initial accord with Japan.
Under a trade agreement announced by Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday, the Asian country will lower or reduce tariffs on some $7.2 billion of American-grown farming products, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office.
Japan will reduce tariffs in stages on U.S. farm goods, such as beef and pork, USTR said in a statement Wednesday. The country will eliminate tariffs on $1.3 billion of U.S. agriculture products, including almonds, blueberries, sweet corn and sorghum, it said. It will also eliminate duties on commodities like ethanol, cheese and whey, frozen poultry and oranges, USTR said.
American farmers, a key part of Trump’s rural base, have found themselves in the cross-hairs as the president scrutinizes trade agreements. China slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-grown agricultural products, including soybeans, in the more than year-long trade fight between Washington and Beijing. The administration has responded by announcing $28 billion in aid to farmers.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Trump called the pact a “huge victory” for American agriculture.
“These are really big dollars for our farmers and for our ranchers,” Trump said.
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