Proposed relief package could cause more trade problems

Proposed relief package could cause more trade problems

An ag economics professor at Purdue University says the proposed trade relief package could cause even more problems for farmers.

Wally Tyner says other countries, like Canada, are trying to bring a World Trade Organization case against the U.S. because they say the USDA’s proposal has created an improper subsidy.

“It could lead to a subsidy war in addition to a trade war because the subsidies are not supposed to be tied directly to production and this is tied directly to production,” he says.

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