The announcement of a U.S.- Japan trade agreement over the weekend at the G7 couldn’t have come at a better time for the markets and for President Trump’s political fortunes. The politics out in farm country had been turning ugly after the most recent tariff escalation with China and the controversy over the RFS, ethanol waivers and their impact on the corn sector. To be sure, the Administration didn’t squander the opportunity to use the new agreement with Japan to leverage the negotiations with China and to do a little damage control with U.S. corn growers. As the President stated: … one of the things that Prime Minister Abe has also agreed to is we have excess corn in various parts of our countr...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
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