A number of Republicans in Congress openly express concern about the possibility of a long business war Its effect on American farmers While President Donald Trump is preparing to announce a new wave of definitions.
Trump is expected to impose duties early on Wednesday on imports from all countries in a step that can reach Agriculture community It is especially difficult. Many legislators of the Capitol Hill Republican Party are seeking to get points at the last minute of the impact of these definitions.
The Chairman of the Agriculture Committee in the House of Representatives, Glenn Thompson, RR, told NBC News that he had asked the White House to exempt some important goods for the American agricultural industry, such as fertilizers and peat.
“I have indicated somewhat the things that I hope,” he said. “I am talking to anyone who will listen to me … It was really good in the inputs.”
Tomson also said he hoped that Congress would not need to save farmers with an emergency assistant package, as I did. During the first Trump administration. But he said: “We will be ready to do this” again if necessary.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, R-LOWA, said that the exemptions for specific goods are likely to be needed.
“The only thing I can tell you now is the potash,” Grassley said when asked about Trump’s tariff. Quoting dependence on the United States on Canada in a large part of the potash, Grassley said, “We will have to ask for” exemption.
The Chairman of the Credit Committee in the House of Representatives, Tom Cole, R-OKLA, pointed out a division between agricultural and unaccounted societies.
He said that the farmers in his mandate “they come a lot”, so they have concerns about the revenge definitions. However, those outside the agricultural community “often supporters” for the definitions, which he said led him to take a “waiting and seeing” approach.
Senator John Kennedy appeared, R. But he said he would remain open.
“I heard that economists are talking about the end of the world, and I heard that economists say it will not have an impact,” Kennedy said, adding that he understood Trump’s position.
“His position is: Why don’t you benefit from our wealth and say that you want to sell it in America? Come to build your business in America. I get it. In the long term, it is possible that it will succeed. The problem is that in the long run, we all have died. So the short term matters. With regard to the short term, what will happen? No one knows.”
On the democratic side, Senator Rafael Warrenuk, d.
“If you talk to farmers all over Georgia, they are very concerned,” he said. “This will not help. It is a difficult work at first. The profit margins are low. There is a lot that you cannot control, like the weather, and this only adds to their stress.”
Trump said on Sunday that the mutual definitions that are scheduled to be announced this week All countries include It will not be limited to a smaller group from about 10 to 15 countries that have the largest commercial difference with the United States.
On Tuesday, a group of Democrats led by Senator Tim Kane, from Virginia, will seek a vote on a The measure that ends the emergency advertisement Trump is used to impose definitions on Canada.
“I look forward to this next legislation to the ground to vote so that each member of the Senate can publicly answer this question: Are you ready to put your voters and our economy over the worst Trump pulses?” Kane said in a statement.
