Saturday, April 7, 2018

Trump Isn't Betraying Our Farmers

Democrats in farm states are busily warning their rural neighbors that President Trump betrayed them with his tariff pressures, which may especially impact U.S. farm exports to China.

China has imposed a 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans, wheat, beef, pork and some other food products.

If one sells to China, the other will sell to the other countries that also import to meet their sizeable food import needs.

If she's turning U.S. farm exports away from her shores, she will buy the same food from other sources.

Growing food demand will keep bumping up against water limits, forcing both more irrigation for Indian farms and rising food imports.

Nigeria is already a growing food market due to its oil production, but much of the rest of the continent is mired in "Strong man" governance that generates little economic growth to support food importing.

The long growth period for world food will taper down sharply after 2060.

https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisavery/2018/04/07/trump-isnt-betraying-our-farmers-n2468530

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