Posted on 03/04/2025 4:18:14 AM PST by MtnClimber
I expect the MSM to go berserk for a while.
Get rid of the ethanol mandate and Conservation Reserve Program (paying farmers to keep land fallow) and food prices will drop further.
Mexico is still getting parts from China and that’s a violation of the US/Mexico trade deal.
Immediately allow grazing on the CRP lands.
That’s doable with the stroke of a pen.
Good
Eliminate BLM (the land one).
| Exports | Imports to the USA | |
| USA-Mexico | 13.1% of all American exports head to Mexico that is 42% of Mexico's imports | 15.2% of all USA imports come from Mexico. That is 76% of all Mexican exports |
| USA-Canada | 14.5% of all American exports head to Canada. That accounts for 51% of Canadian imports | 13.6% of all USA imports come from Canada, that accounts for 71.4% of Canadian exports |
The “uncategorized” is suspect. It must be boimass for Ethanol since there is isn’t even a category for this in the chart. Why not? Are they afraid to publish the truth I wonder?
Just wait. Tomorrow some grocery store will price some apples 5 cents higher than a week ago.
Here comes the media with stories about negative tariff impacts to the average shopper.
There are several farmers who make YouTube videos and in order to generate view count of course they must make it interesting.
I recommend folks go over there and have a look at some of them, because at some point or another each of those farmers presents the finances and economics of their farm. Lowering prices of food is not something that’s going to improve their situation.
Bill Gates has bought up a lot of farmland but farming is not the path to billionaire status. When people step up and offer up solutions for the price of food in the United States, they never addressed the fact that their plan would wipe out the farms and then you get no food at all, at any price.
Question: Is Trump using tariffs as a tool for negotiating a better deal with Canada and Mexico or are they an end in themselves?
Trump’s stated goal is he is using tariffs as a negotiating tool to end drug and illegal alien trafficking. Will have to wait and see if it morphs.
Hopefully, end in themselves.
Fixed it.
I don’t drink tequila and loath Canadian whiskey. My maple syrup comes from Minnesota and I can do without guacamole. I might miss the fresh lime in my gimlet , but I’m certain there are sources of limes from places other than Mexico. I also expect these tariffs will be short lived as both the Canadians and Mexicans realize that Trump is serious and isn’t like Biden or the squishy diplomats.
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