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Pork Producers Sound Off in Defense of NAFTA After Insinuations the White House will Withdraw US
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:43:40 CDT
The National Pork Producers Council released the following statement regarding revelations that the Trump administration may seek to withdraw the US from the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
"The North American Free Trade Agreement has been a tremendous success for the U.S. pork industry, which has seen an explosion in exports to Canada and Mexico since the deal was implemented in 1994.
"In fact, Mexico and Canada are now our No. 2 and No. 4 markets, so we absolutely must not have any disruptions to U.S. pork exports there. Even a short-term interruption in our exports would have a significant negative economic impact on U.S. pork producers.
"Abandoning NAFTA and going back to pre-NAFTA tariffs would be financially devastating to U.S. pork producers. Tens of thousands of U.S. jobs dependent on those exports would be lost.
"The bottom line is U.S. pork trade with Canada and Mexico has been very robust, and we need to maintain and even improve that trade. We're all for modernizing NAFTA, but we cannot support efforts that would undermine the livelihoods of America's 60,000 pork producers."
Source - National Pork Producers Council
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