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Posts tagged Trump Trade War
Duckworth, Durbin ask Biden to back biofuels
Other Midwest senators join call to roll back Trump actions on ethanol, climate change
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Ted CoxEthanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin, Dick Durbin, Amy Klobuchar, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Tina Smith, Debbie Stabenow, Renewable Fuel Standard, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers, Trump Trade War, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cheri Bustos
Trump provides record aid to farmers
$46 billion in direct payments almost doubles previous record set in 2005
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Ted CoxU.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, USDA, George W. Bush, Farm Bill, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Joe Janzen, Nick Paulson
Trump ad touts jobs at steel mill hit by layoffs
Trump visited U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works in 2018 — now threatened with 737 furloughs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, U.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, Dick Durbin, General Accountability Office, Tony Fuhrmann, Dan Simmons, United Steelworkers, Douglas Matthews
GAO backs Durbin on Trump tariff bailouts
Government watchdog finds largest payments went to farmers across the South, not Midwest soybean growers
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Ted CoxFarm Market Facilitation Program, General Accountability Office, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, Illinois Soybean Growers, Debbie Stabenow, Anne Schechinger, Environmental Working Group
Bustos calls for boost to biofuels
As oil prices crash, U.S. rep. says biofuels ‘must not be left in the rearview mirror’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Cheri Bustos, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, EPA, Trump Trade War, Oil Prices
Perdue to farmers: No more trade bailouts
USDA secretary expects China trade resumption, despite delays caused by coronavirus outbreak
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Ted CoxFarm Market Facilitation Program, Sonny Perdue, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, USDA, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, USMCA, Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol
Farm Bureau prez renews call for trade, not aid
Trump trade war reduces Ill. soybean exports to a third of level three years ago
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Richard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Soybeans, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailouts, Trump Farm Handouts, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Durbin renews charge against cotton bailouts
Illinois soybean farmers slighted in Trump’s trade-war handouts, says senator
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Donald Trump, Farm Bailout, Illinois Soybean Association, Illinois Soybean Growers, USDA, Sonny Perdue, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Trump Trade War, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Barack Obama
Trump trade wars cost jobs, hike prices
Federal Reserve issues study on president’s ‘unprecedented tariff increases’
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Pork, chicken at record levels for cold storage
Chinese agricultural trade concessions may not meet Trump’s expectations
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade War, USDA Cold Storage Reports, Illinois Hog Farmers, Chicken Farmers, U.S. Agriculture Exports, Don Close, Rabo AgriFinance, Chad Hart
U.S. House approves new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact
Schakowsky touts drug concessions, Garcia casts only Ill. vote against
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Ted CoxUSMCA, NAFTA, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, Richard Guebert Jr., Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Robin Kelly, Adam Kinzinger
IFB prez calls for free trade
But speech at annual Illinois Farm Bureau meeting also attacks ‘green initiative,’ Pritzker fair tax
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Ted CoxRichard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, US-China Business Council, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Biofuels, Waters of the United States
Trump trade bailouts still benefit richest farms
Environmental watchdog says handouts ‘stack the deck against small farmers in favor of the big guys’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailout, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Environmental Working Group, USDA, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Anne Weir Schechinger, Sonny Perdue, Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley
Durbin doesn't cotton to farm bailouts
Senator charges Trump administration is ‘picking winners and losers,’ with biggest handouts going to Southern cotton farmers
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Corn, soybean harvest estimates hold steady
But crop production down from last year, with soybeans off 24 percent, even as Illinois remains No. 1
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Farm bankruptcies on the rise
Illinois farmers hold their own as U.S. farm debt projected to hit record $416 billion
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Corn, soybean prices take hit with latest USDA estimates
Soybeans expected to ‘shrug this off a lot faster than corn’
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Taiwan commits to $2.2B ag buy
Pritzker praises deal to export Illinois corn, soybeans in midst of Trump trade war
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Soybean Association, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Taiwan Feed Industry Association, Taiwan Vegetable Oil Manufacturers Association, John Sullivan, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailout
Lobbying farmers searching for a 'win'
Leaders to Washington group gets little good news in D.C. on trade, ethanol waivers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Leaders to Washington, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Tammy Duckworth, Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn, Dan Basse, Julie Newhouse, Sonny Perdue, Robert Benson, Matthew Herberling
Soybeans, pork socked by new Chinese tariffs
But quality of soybeans improves in latest USDA report
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Pork, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Pork Producers Association, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Farm Bailout, Farm Market Facilitation Program
