Sunday, July 1, 2018

Losing Wisconsin for Trump: State producers battling through trade war

Losing Wisconsin for Trump: State producers battling through trade war
Excerpt: All four trading partners, among the strongest historically with the U.S., responded with retaliatory tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, as well as other products from states perceived to have strong connections to Trump. Enter Wisconsin, where state products like kidney beans, motorcycles, cranberries, cheese and corn have become entwined in international trading policy. The president of a Dunn County company caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war didn’t hide her frustration over losing millions of dollars in sales. “Honestly, I don’t understand why farmers aren’t taking their tractors down Pennsylvania Avenue in protest,” said Cindy Brown, the president of Chippewa Valley Bean in Menomonie.

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