National Ag News
Vilsack says Trump administration needs to complete NAFTA, other trade deals
The U.S. Dairy Export Council President and former Ag Secretary wants to see more trade progress from the Trump administration.
Tom Vilsack tells Brownfield the uncertainty about the future of North American Free Trade Agreement is not good for agriculture, and withdrawing from NAFTA would have a large negative impact on all of America. “When you look at agriculture and food together as a single industry, it represents 20% of the U.S. economy and 28% of the entire employment base in the country, so when you start to potentially threaten market opportunities by pulling out of NAFTA resulting in higher tariffs on our agricultural goods, it’s going to impact and affect the economy and potentially jobs.”
Vilsack tells Brownfield the Trump administration needs to do more to enhance foreign trade.
