McKinney: Trump tweet on trade aid ‘a surprise to us’

The Agriculture Department’s top trade official said on Friday that President Trump’s tweet suggesting another round of trade aid could be awarded in 2020 was “a surprise to us,” adding that the department’s focus would be to implement new trade agreements. “The president's tweet was a surprise to us. He will make that decision and we'll roll with that decision,” USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney said at the department’s annual “agriculture outlook forum." “Right...