Jon Tester slams Trump’s trade tariffs: ‘What is the endgame?’

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Sen. Jon Tester warned Wednesday that overseas retaliation against President Trump’s national security tariffs are crushing U.S. agricultural producers, and putting some at risk of going belly up if the trade war isn’t settled soon.

Speaking on the Senate floor, Tester said wheat, oilseeds and other crops will be coming in soon, but said all are doomed to be blocked by other countries because of the retaliatory tariffs they imposed. China, Canada, Mexico, many European countries, and others have imposed tariffs on U.S. farm exports after Trump put tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.

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