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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Ag Producers Need to Hold Firm in the Face of China Tariffs

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Ag Producers Need to Hold Firm in the Face of China Tariffs

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With a twenty-five percent tariff on pork imports to China in place, and the threat of a similar tariff on soybeans, ag producers are waiting to see what happens next.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has some advice……

Rounds says they continue to talk to the Administration about the impact of those tariffs…

Rounds says other trade deals could shield agriculture from the worst of the tariffs…..

The President has said famers could feel some short-term pain from the tariff negotiations.

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