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International Trade Education Squad (ITES) of the Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop. Educating members about international trade deals.

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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 6h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o... But one of the other core elements of the free trade agreements — certainty — has taken a beating. In Juárez, hundreds of millions of dollars of investment are on hold, awaiting the results of the U.S.M.C.A. talks. With Mr. Trump using tariffs as an all-purpose weapon
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Opinion | This Is One Map Trump Can’t Redraw (Gift Article)
The president’s effort to use tariffs to steer manufacturing back to the United States can only go so far.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 10h
Working people are ready for a big change. We need bold policies with bold people behind them.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 6h
foodlandmoney.org "...communities ... differ in their histories, cultures, and relationships to markets, they are united by... structural challenges around corporate concentration, low prices, loss of autonomy, and policies that prioritize industrial agriculture over people-centered food systems."
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Food, Land & Money: Who Profits From the Global Food System?
Follow the money behind the global food system. Food, Land & Money reveals how Big Agribusiness and Big Finance shape what gets funded, who profits and who holds power.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 6h
[WATCH] Shaping the Future of Food: How agribusiness benefits from climate disruption | IATP www.iatp.org/watch-shapin...
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[WATCH] Shaping the Future of Food: How agribusiness benefits from climate disruption
When crisis hits our food system, whether from extreme weather or war, global agribusiness firms always seem to benefit while farmers and consumers end up paying.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
It marks another ratcheting up of Trump’s trade war and affects nearly $1bn in imports of a $880bn trade relationship
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US ban on Canadian imports likely to weaken already fragile relationship
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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 28/09/2026
Alan Wolff was the Nixon administration’s lead international trade lawyer & drafted what eventually became Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act. “I have a long history with it. And it’s being misused.” Read the interview with Section 301's author:
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Author of America’s tariff statute: Trump’s tariffs are illegal | CNN Business
Ambassador Alan Wolff says President Donald Trump’s novel implementation of America’s tariff law is illegal and runs counter to how Congress intended the presidential power to be used.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“G-20 ministers need to champion trade policies that benefit the general populace and build the middle class, not the corporate elite and Wall Street,” said Wisconsin labor leaders Dr.Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee. www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
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Milwaukee G20 meeting should focus on building middle class | Opinion
The G20, made up of 19 of the world’s largest economies, has organized a global trade regime that has devastated workers, farmers, and the environment
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jamieson Greer admitted China retaliated against agricultural goods but wants us to celebrate because "we have double-digit growth in exports"! Farmers are paying drastically higher prices for essential machinery, but sure, keep selling us trade fairy tales. #momsky#sheshed
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Carney Seeks New Partners for Canada, He Knows the Limits www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Carney Seeks New Trade Partners for Canada, But Knows the Limits
Canada’s prime minister is pursuing deeper trade, defense and cultural ties with China, India and the European Union, but none are likely to replace ties to the United States.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
U.N. Releases New List of Companies It Says Do Business With Israeli Settlements www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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U.N. Releases New List of Companies It Says Do Business With Israeli Settlements
Israel condemned the database of firms tied to activity in the occupied West Bank as a “political tool” to advance “a smear campaign.”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english... Korea and the US will split the proceeds equally until after the investment is recovered, the distribution will shift to 10% for South Korea and 90% for the US - the change will be deferred until the principal and returns from all projects have been recovered.
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Texas gas plant selected as first project under Korea’s $200 billion US investment plan
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gift article from the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce (Gift Article)
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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Farm Policy News @farmpolicy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#China is over halfway to meeting its pledge to buy 25 million tons of US #soybeans this year, but progress on a separate commitment to spend billions of dollars more on American crops has largely stalled." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/09/chin...
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China Hasn’t Met Pledge to Increase US Ag Purchases, Except for Soybeans | Farm Policy News | Illinois
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
The report highlights deep divides between low- and middle- income, a disparity that dates back decades
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Likelihood of eating fresh produce increases with income for US adults, new CDC report shows
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w... Protestors outside included Indigenous people opposing natural resource development on their lands. Signs called for greater taxation on wealth, denounced Canada's military buildup and ending investments in fossil fuels actively promoted at the summit.
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Carney Pitches Canada as a Haven for Investors Amid a U.S. Trade War (Gift Article)
Prime Minister Mark Carney brought together in Toronto about 100 money managers overseeing much of the world’s wealth to promote Canada as an ideal place to invest.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a heated exchange at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, @repmaxinewaters.bsky.social  grills Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Trump administration's fuel blockade of Cuba 🇨🇺, which is causing indiscriminate harm to the Cuban people.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This month, G20 trade ministers are meeting to reshape our global trade policy. We’ll be there demanding our trade deals put working people before corporate profits. Join us to demand fair trade deals that work for us, not corporations!
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/b... Finally, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) on beef but for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way.
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Trump Seeks ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Labels on Beef as Import Rule Angers Ranchers
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you for your perspective.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just signed a @tradejusticeed.bsky.social petition: Tell G20 Trade Ministers: Put People Over Profits!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... Please sign too.
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Tell G20 Trade Ministers: Put People Over Profits!
Trade officials from the biggest countries across the globe will meet in Milwaukee this fall to discuss the future of global trade. Please join us in urging them to support a new model for trade t...
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
znetwork.org/znetarticle/... ...accelerated mining development and expanded military involvement has alarmed NGOs that work with frontline communities. Such policies make it likely environmental defenders will become targets—especially when governments label mining a national security imperative.
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The US Wants Minerals from South America. Its Environmental Defenders Fear What Comes Next.
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in South America this week, he carried a familiar message: The United States wants access to minerals and an
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy @iatp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us this Wednesday for the first webinar in our fall Shaping the Future of Food series! IATP's Ben Lilliston will discuss how agribusiness exerts its economic and political power during times of crisis, and how we can chart a more resilient path forward. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Shaping the Future of Food. Capitalizing on Crisis: How agribusiness benefits from climate disruption. Sep. 16, 2026. 12 p.m. CT.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Developing countries are caught between a rock and a hard place as it’s increasingly clear that foreign financial aid and investment —whether from China or the West — rarely comes without strings attached."
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
theconversation.com/why-the-us-c... Potash was the one major nutrient that the Iran shock didn’t directly affect. However, if Canada raises the price of potash, that could have similar effects.
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Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
actionnetwork.org/letters/fair... TAKE ACTION: Urge your Members of Congress to demand that trade negotiators use the Fair Trade for Working Families plan in trade negotiations.
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Support Fair Trade for Working Families
Demand the #FairTradeForWorkingFamilies plan be prioritized in ongoing trade negotiations. Take action now!
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w... "The dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency is an “exorbitant privilege” for the United States, economists say..."
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As Oil Prices Rise, BRICS Leaders Have What U.S. Doesn’t: Iran at the Table (Gift Article)
Even so, finding unity among the loose grouping of emerging economies will be difficult as the war in the Middle East strains their own interests.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/w... How things have change over the last 25 years, as we remember what happened on 9/11 here in New York City. Thanks to our Canadian friends.
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Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home. (Gift Article)
The Newfoundland town welcomed thousands of frightened airline passengers on Sept. 11, but 25 years later, mixed emotions run through anniversary plans amid an escalating trade war.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As the 🇺🇸U.S.-Canada 🇨🇦 trade conflict escalates, Trump is banning imports of Canadian motorcycles, dairy products, and alcohol. Picking a trade fight with one of our closest allies does nothing to help working people.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's a new blog post, arguing that the theory of comparative advantage is more useful for thinking about conflicting interest in trade rather than mutual gains. jwmason.org/slackwire/co...
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Comparative Advantage Revisited – J. W. Mason
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Farm Policy News @farmpolicy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
2/2 "The immediate #agricultural concern is less about a direct #tariff on corn, soybeans or livestock and more about the possibility that a broader #trade confrontation begins moving through the farm economy." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/09/farm...
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Farmers, Ag State Lawmakers Brace for Escalating Canada Trade War | Farm Policy News | Illinois
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Ben Lilliston @benlilliston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes, a story of political hypocrisy. But also, a story of how much of our food system depends on immigrants. Pillen's hog business isn't unique. And how ICE selectively targets businesses & states - often giving big ag companies a pass. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
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As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jean Charest: "Bombardier has more American content in their planes than Gulfstream. So if they choose to go ahead with this, not only are they going to shoot themselves in the foot, they're gonna shoot themselves in both feet." 🎥 Credit CBC News ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Anne Schechinger @anneschech.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Admin announcing that cattle producers will be allowed to sell their products directly to consumers without any USDA inspections, during a summer of multiple extensive foodborne illness outbreaks on both meat and produce products, is really something. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Trump signs pro-rancher actions amid beef import outrage
The White House’s latest plans are designed to boost U.S. ranchers who were largely worried about the administration’s moves to lower beef prices.
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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Norma Rae One of Sally Field’s greatest movies.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/09/2026
Tyson Foods shuttered one of its facilities in Illinois earlier this summer, laying off more than 2,500 employees in the process. "They got zero notice," says writer and labor organizer Caitlyn Clark, who explains how consolidation in the meat industry contributes to labor abuses and higher prices.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/09/2026
We speak to Richard Wolff, a prominent Marxist economist, about the economic fallout from the war on Iran. “Because it’s only been going on for a few months, the impact on the prices we pay is about to unload itself,” says Wolff.
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U.S. Empire in Decline: Richard Wolff on Iran War, Rising Inequality, $40T National Debt & More
We speak to Richard Wolff, a prominent Marxist economist, about the economic fallout from the war on Iran, which recently reached the six-month mark. “Because it’s only been going on for a few months,...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why is Trump planting #GMO trees near the White House? White House claims the "general concerns about GMOs" don't apply to American chestnuts. What BS! They produce an edible crop, never mind not being reliably blight resistant, so may endanger resistant wild chestnuts! www.yahoo.com/news/science...
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Why Trump is planting controversial genetically modified trees near the White House
While President Donald Trump has criticized many environmentally friendly initiatives, he has consistently championed planting trees.
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's not every day (especially now!) that something positive happens in the world. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size
The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.
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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 03/09/2026
Trump's new tariffs on Canada set a new record for lack of credibility. They invoke a zombie authority found in the notorious & discredited Smoot-Hawley Act, which deepened the Great Depression. The courts should reject these tariffs as patently illegal.
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Trump invoked a zombie statute to justify tariffs on Canada
The world is used to American tariff news daily. A new target is chosen, a new reason is put forward, another legal authority is selected, and a new tariff is put in place, ostensibly to force concess...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The trade war Trump has launched against Canada may go down in history as the stupidest of all the stupid foreign policies he has initiated. And given the extent of Trump’s dumb international moves, that is saying something. robertreich.substack.com/p/o-canada…
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Trump’s Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring
His need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy @iatp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: Fixing the harmful trade chaos caused by the Trump administration doesn’t mean returning to a broken “free trade” status quo. Instead, we need new trade rules, like the recently-introduced Fair Trade for Working Families Resolution. www.iatp.org/us-trade-pol...
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New rules for U.S. trade policy beyond the chaos
Trade policy has been in the news lately, whether it’s the breakdown in trade talks between Canada and the U.S.
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ParkSlopeFoodCoop-Trade @psfc-trade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/w... The war in Ukraine again threatens global grain #trade.
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Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply
Strikes on ports and vessels by both Russia and Ukraine have left farmers facing ruin and could cause another worldwide food shock.
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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is worth reading for the American expert perspective. I will confess some fascination that, even mentioning that Canada got burned twice trying to cooperate with the US on this issue (CPTPP & 2 Michaels), taking the hit from China then a separate hit when the US cut their own deal with China.
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Green America @greenamerica.org · 01/09/2026
Are you getting out the grill this holiday weekend? Maybe skip the hotdogs from the company with documented cases of child labor. Tell Ballpark and their parent company Tyson Foods to stop using children on the slaughterhouse cleaning crews! bit.ly/4cMmShG
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Ben Lilliston @benlilliston.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The timing: 8/20 - JBS owner Joesley Batista meets w Trump 8/26 - Trump announces tariff-free beef plan - most believed Brazil would be the country to supply it. 8/28 - Trump denounces Big 4 meatpackers that make life miserable for farmers. Not mentioned - his secret sweetheart deal with JBS.
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Ben Lilliston @benlilliston.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Will be something to watch. We can expect prices paid to ranchers to drop. But will it pass through to consumers? Rollins said Trump will rescind his executive order “if he doesn't see an immediate drop in prices." - www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...
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Beef imports 'gut punch' but will help consumers, Rollins says in Iowa
U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says plan to import beef is a 'gut punch' for American producers, but consumers are Trump's focus.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump's coercive minerals deals are extremely harmful to vulnerable people in other countries. @pcgtw.bsky.social Director Melinda St. Louis breaks down why hiding these deals behind closed doors makes it harder to enforce protections.
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UAW @uaw.org · 25/08/2026
UAW President Shawn Fain Statement on U.S. Trade Escalation with Canada 📰 uaw.org/uaw-presiden...
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UAW President Shawn Fain on U.S. Trade Escalation with Canada - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
The UAW rejects any escalation on Canada, a country with strong unions and labor standards. If we’re going to increase tariffs anywhere, it should be on countries where automakers continue to offshore...
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Read more: www.citizen.org/article/cana...
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Canada Deal Collapse Reveals Trump’s Unreasonable, Billionaire-Friendly Trade Agenda - Public Citizen
Reports indicate that the recent Canada-U.S. trade negotiations were scuttled due to last-minute outrageous demands made by the Trump administration,…
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