McKalip: Across-the-board tariff proposal a threat to U.S. agriculture

A proposal put forward by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to impose a new tariff on all goods entering the U.S. would hurt the agriculture sector, a senior Office of U.S. Trade Representative official said last week, arguing that Republicans’ recent focus on the agricultural trade deficit overlooks the “real threats” to American agriculture. “I am concerned about the rhetoric that's out there about things like across-the board-tariffs on other trading partners,” Doug McKalip, USTR’s chief agricultural negotiator, told reporters...