Tariff hikes pose threat of making U.S. wheat producers non-competitive

Without trade agreements, tariffs on the rise.

In a presentation made earlier, Blake Rowe, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Growers League said that U.S. wheat producers will be at a disadvantage with the U.S. not participating in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. This is a free-trade agreement among Pacific Rim nations, which the Trump administration elected to pull out of, which had it beginnings as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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