This week the U.S. Senate voted 88 to 11 to approve a resolution allowing Congress to have more say when the President imposes tariffs on other countries. It’s the first time Congress has rebuked any President’s tariff strategy in trade negotiations. The resolution is non-binding and watered down from earlier efforts to put more pressure on the Chief Executive. South Dakota Pork Producers Council Executive Director Glenn Muller is hoping the resolution causes the administration to work for a solution to the tariff war.

He’s hoping the administration will work with Congress to solve the trade dispute between the U.S. and several major trading partners.

Muller says it’s difficult to determine how long the trade war can last before producers go out of business.

Muller says the retaliatory tariffs have hit the pork industry hard, but all of agriculture is feeling the effects.