Michigan ag leaders want Trump to protect trade

 

Ag leaders are concerned Michigan will be hard hit from tariffs imposed by the Trump administration as two-thirds of the state’s ag exports are sent to Canada and Mexico.

Kathy Maurer with the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee says nearly 90 percent of the state’s soybeans leave the state, and new steel and aluminum tariffs on North American trading partners and the European Union could be detrimental to farmers. 

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