Trump trade pullout angers rural America: He “fooled a lot of people”

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Rural voters are second-guessing their support as Donald Trump's absence in trade negotiations continues to harm their interests.

 

 

 

By Dan Desai Martin   |AUGUST 7, 2017

 

Rural voters are second-guessing their support as Donald Trump's absence in trade negotiations continues to harm their interests.

 

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Donald Trump supporters in rural North Carolina are “scared to death,” because of Trump’s erratic behavior on international trade.

It began very early, when Trump made the brash move, with next to no consultation, to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. By doing so just three days after his inauguration, Trump unilaterally gave up any leverage he may have had to influence the processes involved.

And as Politico reports, the move had a disquieting and damaging impact almost immediately, in areas of the country that had given Trump strong support.

Dermot Hayes, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University, said that the livestock industry was expecting strong growth ahead.

But following Trump’s decision, Hayes noted that any hope of growth for the livestock industry “has pretty much disappeared.”

And in further harmful consequences, other countries are capitalizing on Trump’s decision, moving forward with trade deals that put American farmers at a distinct disadvantage.

After all, just because the Trump administration came in unprepared doesn’t mean that the rest of the world will wait for his staff to find the light switches.

“Our experience is wherever a vacuum is created, it’s filled very, very quickly,” New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay said in an interview.

 

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It was a valiant effort, fellas.

Edited August 8, 2017 by IAMX

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Share blue.  What a corrupt lying group. They literally have thousands of bots spreading fake news such as this.

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They are talking about exporting pork and chickens for a majority of the article so I think I am more of an expert on my own state than y'all. Yes, exports of both chickens and pork have become an ever increasing source of revenue the last decade from East Asia. This is because the Chinese love our pork so much because it's good quality and it is CLEAN, which for the Chinese is a good thing. The love American pork so much that they have gone out and bought Springfield Foods.

 

This might be a hiccup in regard to trade but it won't be for long.

Edited August 8, 2017 by cyberfx1024