Why Trump Wants Trade War The U.S. media is emphasizing the impending harm from steel and aluminum tariffs to be imposed by President Donald Trump. These include Europe’s threat to retaliate with tariffs on Kentucky bourbon, Wisconsin motorcycles and Hollywood movies. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven correctly warned in Washington today, “Increased tariffs will hurt us all in the long run….” However, trade wars are not one and done. Retaliation by Europe, for example, would lead to counterretaliation by the U.S. and then counter-counterretaliation, etc. This is the slippery slope hoped for by President Trump since he believes that scenario works to the favor of a large trade deficit nation like the U.S. Bo...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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