Heritage Foundation: U.S. farm sector “suffers from rampant protectionism”
Story Date: 6/21/2017

 

Source: Gary Baise, FARM FUTURES, 6/20/17


Heritage Foundation’s Blueprint for Agricultural Policy is most supportive of U.S. agricultural exports, but claims “…the U.S. farm sector has benefited from open trade yet still suffers from rampant protectionism.” If you read no other section of the Heritage report, I recommend strongly you read Section 7 which provides an excellent summary regarding benefits of trade and some criticisms.

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