President Trump, citing pressure from the agriculture and hospitality sectors, recently said farmworkers who are in the country illegally shouldn’t be deported and reiterated that the administration would be taking action on the issue.
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A new sign of deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China happened on Monday as China accused the U.S. of violating the trade truce the countries signed last month.
According to an Axios article, China promised to take “resolute and forceful” steps. The agreement ...
The Canadian Cattle Association says that while the U.S. presidential election is less than three months away, the organization will continue to reinforce with American legislatures, at both the state and federal level, the reality of how important cross-border trade is to the economy of both the U...
Americans for Free Trade, which includes the group Farmers for Free Trade, recently sent a letter to president-elect Joe Biden, asking him to remove the tariffs that President Trump placed on Chinese imports.
“Finding a way to remove the tariffs while creating an effective new, multilaterally-supported approach to China trade issues would provide an immediate economic boost to U.S. co
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President-elect Joe Biden told the New York Times this week that Democrats “forgot” about rural America. However, in the same interview, he says that residents of rural America will “not be left behind.” Biden talked about the future efforts of Democrats to win the support of rural American residents and the 74 million people who voted for Trump in the election.
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Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai will step down January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in.
Pai was appointed to the commission in 2012 by President Barack Obama, and made chairman by President Donald Trump in 2017
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Election day is finally here. While the results may be delayed, and there are signals of a messy outcome, for farmers and ranchers, one certainty is the likely reduction in federal direct payments. Experts seem to agree that the record direct payments to farmers this year is not a sustainable approach
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Hopes a COVID-19 stimulus package can be completed before the November election are increasing. With President Trump and many staffers in the White House testing positive for the virus over the last week, Trump has indicated support for a new stimulus package
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On Friday, a federal judge ruled President Trump’s Bureau of Land Management acting director has been serving unlawfully, blocking him from continuing in the position. It’s the latest round of pushback against the administration’s practice of filling key positions without Senate approval.
In his ruling
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