Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

USDA nominee: More market access can mitigate tariff retaliation, lower ag trade deficit

By Jason Asenso  / January 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Expanding U.S. foreign market access for U.S. agricultural producers could help reduce the impacts of retaliatory tariffs and lower the U.S. ag trade deficit, President Trump’s pick to lead the Agriculture Department said on Thursday. Brooke Rollins, the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank that promotes Trump’s policies, appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday for a confirmation hearing . Rollins was director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council during the...

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