Canada to U.S.: Explain that $30 billion farm spending war chest

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS MAY 31, 2018 / 1:55 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Canada to U.S.: Explain that $30 billion farm spending war chest

P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Miles
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CHICAGO/GENEVA (Reuters) - Canada wants the United States to explain why its lawmakers have made an additional $30 billion available to support U.S. farmers hit by trade woes, and how Washington might distribute the money, according to a document published by the World Trade Organization on Thursday.

The questions come amid growing trade tensions between the United States and its top export markets. Earlier on Thursday, the Trump administration outraged allies by moving ahead with tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

Canada’s questions also point to more potential trouble brewing at the World Trade Organization, where the United States has vetoed new judges for disputes. Analysts say Canada is seeking clarity on what steps the White House might take to protect farmers whose support helped Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the White House and Canadian officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Canada submitted the request to the WTO’s agriculture committee, where negotiators meet several times a year to examine each other’s farm support programs and challenge eye-catching spending by their rivals.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-canada-agriculture/canada-to-u-s-explain-that-30-billion-farm-spending-war-chest-idUSKCN1IW2MD

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Let's get this straight,

30 billion to Mid West Grain Farmers to vote for Rethugs in the mid terms. Honestly?

[beachbum bob]

2. Farm bill has not passed so there is no war chest at this time...

[SWBTATTReg]

3. By the time RUMP has pissed off all of the US' trading partners, there will ...

be no trading partners left. China got its soybeans elsewhere (Russia or somewhere else)...US Farmers will be one of the primary culprits to blame (helped RUMP win in some key states as well as the Russians). Ironic, and I'm sorry to say, farmers have only themselves to blame.

I'm not blame all farmers, but it's a big chunk, as well as a big chunk of the rural population. Little do these folks know that they alone, will cause a lot of their future suffering as overseas ag contracts get canceled, and with immigration being aggressively attacked by Sessions, the supply of migrant workers (legal (and illegal) will dry up (stuff is already rotting in the fields)).