Wheat growers warn they won’t be able to dodge auto tariff retaliation

Wheat farmers likely will be unable to avoid retaliation if the Trump administration chooses to slap tariffs on imports of autos and auto parts, U.S. Wheat Associates has warned the Commerce Department. U.S. wheat growers so far have escaped retaliation in reaction to steel and aluminum tariffs, but the industry association warned that they might not be so lucky when it comes to autos because the amount of trade those tariffs would cover would dwarf the trade affected by the...