WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Congressman David Young (IA-03) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) along with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Congressmen Rod Blum (IA-01), Dave Loebsack (IA-02) and Steve King (IA-04) sent a letter to President Trump urging him not to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum that could harm Iowa’s farmers and manufacturers.
The signatories to the letter expressed their concerns that trading partners affected by the President’s proposed tariffs will enact retaliatory trade measures that will hurt Iowa’s economy. Iowa is the second largest agricultural export state, and shipped over $10 billion in agriculture products abroad in 2015. The letter was signed by all six members of the Iowa delegation: Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, and King’s fellow Congressmen, David Young, Rod Blum, and Dave Loebsack.
“The delegation is bringing our concerns about Iowa’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors facing retaliatory measures from our trading partners to the President’s attention in hopes he doesn’t follow through on his threats to place tariffs on imported steel and aluminum,” said Rep. Steve King. “Ag exports and manufacturing are two key drivers of Iowa’s economy, and President Trump needs to know that the Iowa delegation is united around the belief that he should reconsider his proposed course of action.”
The Iowa economy is doing comparatively well, not least because of the perversely large subsidies bestowed on Iowa Farmers by the federal government. If we have to take one for the team so the rust belt can have a fighting chance against govt subsidized Chinese steel, then so be it.
Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, California all run by liberals all going or have gone down the toilet!! For all those liberal idiots the first three are failed American cities while the last is a state. The democrat party depends on idiots with no ability to think for themselves.
The most shallow and unformed posts on this site come from the north end, in the vicinity of 14th and Jeff.
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Grassley, Ersnt, King and all the others have been kissing Trump’s ass for over a year. How’s that working for ya?
These tariffs proposed by the Orange buffoon would be a disaster.
Every economist, statesmen, and even your average joe know this, but not the idiotic Trump.
But I’m sure that the Trumpanzees out there will kiss Trumps ass, fling their poo and back up this disaster of a President