Northey: U.S. farmers need ‘more open and free trading environment’

Northey: U.S. farmers need ‘more open and free trading environment’

USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey defends actions by the U.S. that have resulted in tariffs placed by other countries on U.S. farm goods.

“We’ve taken some trade actions that we would argue are legal trade actions, and that others then using that premise to put tariffs on our agricultural products are activities they shouldn’t have chosen,” Northey told Brownfield Ag News Wednesday.

Speaking to Brownfield about the $12 billion Trump administration package for U.S.

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