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Podcast: Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
Episode: The Moving Tariff Target
Description: While a hot-button topic, the tariff issue has been a moving target. When U.S. potato growers met last week at the NPC Washington Summit, we had questions about whether tariffs would cover agricultural products or if they would be imposed at all. On Tuesday of this week, 25% tariffs were officially imposed on Canada and Mexico, but yesterday afternoon, the president announced that tariffs on both countries would be deferred for one month on all goods covered under the USMCA trade agreement, which includes fresh and processed potatoes. With things changing by the day – or sometimes by the...