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Trade wars ahead? Trump-Vance ticket leads GOP's populist, pro-tariff shift

Protectionism 'is where the people are'

07/17/24 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher
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President Donald Trump’s selection of an Ivy League-educated populist, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, affirms the ongoing protectionist shift of the GOP, raising the stakes for farmers who would bear the brunt of new trade wars in a Trump-Vance administration.
KEYWORDS agriculture trade wars Commodity Credit Corp. Commodity Credit Corporation Council on Foreign Relations GT Thompson JD Vance Jeff Kaufmann Iowa GOP Leslie Heinemann Market Facilitation Program Mike DeWine Ohio tariffs Trump trade policy
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