Source: FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 6/9/17


Andrew Soergel reported earlier this week at U.S. News Online that, “As President Donald Trump’s administration sifts through its trade toolbox, preparing to tinker with the North American Free Trade Agreement, the agriculture world is holding its breath.
“NAFTA’s inception in the 1990s contributed to a boom in agriculture trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.  There’s a general consensus that the agreement isn’t perfect – as made evident by Canada’s recent dairy policy adjustments and America’s newly announced lumber tariffs. But it has also helped facilitate considerable agriculture commerce growth over the last two decades, both at home and abroad.”

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