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House budget bill slashes anti-hunger and rural programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy

MINNEAPOLIS — The House of Representatives is set to vote on a budget reconciliation bill this week that damages rural economies and livelihoods while cutting taxes for large corporations and the wealthy. The bill, which was shoved through the House Budget Committee on Sunday night, includes massive cuts to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which a

Trump’s tariffs threaten to increase costs, drive down prices for farmers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump announced more extreme tariffs today, including against some of the U.S.’s major agriculture export trading partners. Counter-tariffs are widely expected to hit U.S. agricultural exports hard.

Trump’s tariff fight hits farmers and rural communities

President Donald Trump launched a tariff fight with major U.S. trading partners today by implementing 25% blanket tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and doubling tariffs on Chinese imports to 20%.

Trump’s tariff fight hits farmers and rural communities

Trump Turns Back on Farmers, Rural Communities by Withdrawing from Climate Agreement

MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement once again is a blow to farmers and rural communities already battling with increasingly extreme weather linked to climate change, said the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). 

Trump Turns Back on Farmers, Rural Communities by Withdrawing from Climate Agreement

Civil society groups condemn USMCA dispute ruling on Mexico’s corn restrictions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil society groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada criticized a decision today announced by a dispute panel set up under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Civil society groups condemn USMCA dispute ruling on Mexico’s corn restrictions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil society groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada criticized a decision today announced by a dispute panel set up under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

US election results pose threats to fair food and trade systems, climate efforts

MINNEAPOLIS — The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy anticipates that the incoming Trump Administration will pose immediate and serious threats to our food and trade systems, relations with international partners and efforts to slow harms caused by climate change.

IATP statement on the CFTC approval of guidance to industry on voluntary carbon market credits

MINNEAPOLIS— On Sept. 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to approve final guidance to commodity exchanges planning to offer new derivatives contracts whose underlying assets are credits based on projects intended to reduce or remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.