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President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement have kept the U.S. ag sector on edge for months, and farm sector leaders are expressing concern that Trump may have no intention of allowing the current NAFTA negotiations to succeed.

Senate Republicans look to pass their tax bill by the end of the week but it may take some last-minute modifications to satisfy at least two GOP senators’ concerns about the impact on small businesses.

Lawmakers return to Washington next week facing a battle over tax cuts and the possibility of a government shutdown, if they can’t agree on a budget for the rest of the fiscal year.

Farms could see different impacts on their federal tax returns under the varying and complex rules in the tax legislation that Republicans are seeking to push through the House and Senate.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - The U.S. farming sector is quickly losing confidence that the Trump administration is looking out for farmers' interests as it negotiates a new North American Free Trade Agreement.