U.S. growers disappointed Japan talks didn’t deliver on potatoes

U.S. potato growers were left deflated this week after a visit by President Trump to Japan to meet with the country’s new prime minister concluded without any announcement about long-sought market access for potatoes, though a top industry representative says it remains unclear whether the administration’s recent trade arrangement with Japan is “entirely closed.” The U.S. potato industry and their backers have been pushing the administration to expand the deal, announced in July, to include fresh table stock potatoes –and...