Food and agricultural groups mounted an effort Tuesday to get the Trump administration to back down on steel and aluminum tariffs, arguing that they will cause a backlash against their industries by alienating the biggest purchasers of the nation’s food exports.
“The reality is that the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum would result in retaliation from other nations, eliminating hundreds of thousands of jobs as evidenced by a recent study. Already, the European Union has produced a list of targets for retaliation meaning billions of import taxes on American products, which directly and negatively impact various agricultural commodities,” said Casey Guernsey, spokesman for Americans for Farmers and Families, a coalition group.
