Welcome back to the The Economic Populist’s Weekly Rewind. Every Friday, we’ll briefly recap the week’s biggest news, updates, and developments the in fight against corporate power.
Here’s what to know this week:
Beef and Soybeans from Argentina, Funding from U.S.
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.