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Cruz, Cornyn, Hurd ask Perdue to “use all avenues of assistance” to ensure organizations across the country can handle a surge.
“There's no argument: Farmers are getting hurt,” the Democratic senator said on Friday, calling her opponent, Rep. Kevin Cramer, “the kind of person whose blind loyalty to a president and to an administration will sell our farmers down the road.”
“The Department has indicated that a second payment may be made this year. We are eager to work with you on a plan that better reflects the struggles dairy producers across the country have faced due to the tariffs.”
“You don't want to set time lines on that because then you may not have the best deal for both parties, and I'm looking here at both sides.... But at the same time I don't think it's going to take year or years. Think of the templates that are already there.”
Japanese officials dismissed comments from Agriculture Secretary Perdue, who said the U.S. wants an "equal or better" deal than Japan-EU.
The U.S. wants a trade deal with Japan that is at least as good as the one Tokyo recently struck with the European Union, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Thursday.
“We’ll just have to let the exchanges take their course.”
The Sept. 13 hearing is titled “Perspectives on Agricultural Trade.”
The legislation would direct USDA to use tariff funds for its Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development initiative.
“Wwe have formulated our strategy to mitigate the trade damages sustained by our farmers. Our farmers work hard, and are the most productive in the world, and we aim to protect them.”
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R), the challenger to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D), says Trump “will be done with tariffs when the people he's negotiating with get serious.”
Perdue: “This is a good harbinger of the kind of relationship that can be developed. We hope there are other things we can cooperate on to expand markets around the globe.”
“Farmers need a fair price from the market. The administration’s actions will have long-term effects on our markets, necessitating a long-term safety net.”
“The barriers he’s putting in place to free trade are a tax on hardworking Americans.”
The European Union has committed to buying more U.S. soybeans than could be accounted for by simple market forces, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday after meeting with G20 agriculture ministers in Argentina over the weekend.
The Agriculture Department on Tuesday announced that it has authorized up to $12 billion for three programs aimed at shielding U.S. farmers and ranchers from retaliatory tariffs that have been imposed on U.S. goods in response to the administration’s Section 232 and 301 tariffs.