by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 14, 2019 | News
Many Iowa soybean growers are frustrated by the escalation of the trade war between the U.S. and China. Lindsay Greiner, president of the Iowa Soybean Association, says he was optimistic a deal would be reached but then President Trump announced tariffs on $200...
by Matt Kelley | May 14, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
America’s trade war with China is escalating and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says farmers will be among the first to feel the effects. After President Trump raised tariffs last week on some $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, China retaliated Monday with $60...
by Matt Kelley | May 7, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Trade talks with the European Union and China top the agenda this week in Washington D.C. and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will meet this afternoon with the new EU ambassador to the U.S. Grassley, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, says reducing trade barriers...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 30, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on fellow Republican President Donald Trump to “promptly” lift tariffs on aluminum and steel from Mexico and Canada. Grassley says that move would “immediately clear a significant hurdle” for Congress to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 7, 2019 | News
Iowa State University recently completed an economic research study of the effects of the on-going tariffs placed on American trade. The impacts of the trade tariffs certainly have hurt agriculture, but Iowa State University Agricultural Economist, Chad Hart says the...