The Economic Populist: Beef & Soybeans from Argentina, Funding from U.S.

By Katie Hettinga

It’s Exhibit A in Trump forgetting his “America First” trade commitments: Amid a growing U.S. food trade deficit that includes a declining beef trade balance, Trump is dangling new tariff-free access to the U.S. market for Argentine beef. The proposal is the latest gift Trump is offering libertarian Argentine president Javier Milei, a Trump ally whose party has started losing elections. Trump did not campaign on a pledge to help foreign leaders whose right-wing ideologies he likes, but rather to help U.S. producers.

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Originally published in The Economic Populist — a project of the American Economic Liberties Project.

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