Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and 18 of her colleagues have sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer seeking information on the Administration’s tariff agenda. The lawmakers want to determine if an analysis was done to consider the tariffs’ impact on agriculture. “Are you looking at just what the President wants to do that day or are you actually looking at how this affects farmers?” In the first Trump Administration, farmers received Market Transition Payments to offset the losses from the trade war with China. In an interview with the Red River Farm Network, Klobuchar said she’ll advocate for that assistance, but that doesn’t solve the problem. “The last time I checked our farmers wanted trade, not aid and this idea that we’re just going to throw a bunch of money at it when we could allow them to be expanding markets,” said Klobuchar. “To me, the long-term solution is expanding markets.” Klobuchar is on a 19-county Rural Economy Tour, including stops in Breckenridge and Moorhead on Friday. Listen to the full interview.
