The Biden Administration halted new trade agreements until it said it could make Americans more competitive with policies like Build Back Better. However, those policies could take many years and the trade deficit continues to grow. It is no doubt helped along by the strong dollar, which makes imports cheaper and exports less competitive.  However, it also does not help when trading partners like Mexico impose barriers to agricultural imports from the U.S. American corn exports are a significant 17 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico.  They are already down 15 percent in the first quarter of this fiscal year. Mexico’s overall trade surplus with the U.S. has been growing at double digits each year, an...

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