Incidentally, Trump is in conniptions over media coverage of his latest “triumph.” Yet corporate media for the most part keeps coddling him. We’ll see if that keeps up into next year, when most people will actually start paying some attention to the 2020 election.President Trump is bragging about a new deal with Mexico that provides for "large" sales of U.S. farm goods, but it doesn't appear to exist.In weekend tweets, he announced in all capital letters that he had won the agreement to benefit America's "great patriot farmers," and that U.S. sales would begin "immediately." There isn't any sign of that happening, however. Mexican officials denied that anything on agriculture was included in the deal on border security reached Friday to avert Trump's threatened tariffs. - MPR/Associated Press
One more related item: “As foreign investment in U.S. farmland grows, efforts to ban and limit the increase mount” - The New Food Economy
My high school Spanish is rusty but I say "las noticias falsas" (and for those who believe English is America's only language, that interprets to "Fake news") ... so who ya gonna believe Trump or Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard who asserted that there was NO agreement by Mexico to buy more U.S. agricultural products.
ReplyDeleteYa gotta commend Angie Craig who during this week's House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee who asked how many hours have been spent (and are projected to be spent) in developing the rules for Trump's latest bailout.
She is concerned that all this time means they are not doing the jobs they were hired to do.
Ya gotta ask when will the Trump Administration finally submit the USMCA to Congress for review ? It's now the second week of July, and it would appear that the proposal won't be getting a vote until next year. (After Trump submits, there is a maximum of 45 legislative days [which could be December] for consideration by the House Ways and Means Committee and 15 legislative days of debate in the House of Representatives [taking it to next year] Then they have to vote.)
ReplyDeleteAlthough Emmer/Hagedorn/Stauber will be clamoring for a quick vote, no doubt there will be more studies like the one from the University of Florida "Potential Economic Impacts in Florida of Increased Imports of Mexican Fruits and Vegetables" which uses 2013-2018 to project that Florida growers will lose a minimum of $100 million -- think about that, one state reviewing data for just three commodities and losing over $100 million.
Guess that explains why 18 Republicans and 13 Democrats have sponsored H.R.101 - Defending Domestic Produce Production Act.