How will New USMCA Trade Deal affect La. Farmers?
By Lester Duhé
WAFB-TV
BATON ROUGE, La. - On Tuesday, Dec. 10, House Democrats agreed to finally back the new United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA), which was originally signed by President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto more than a year ago.
“These trade deals are significant because what they do is they provide an opportunity for the U.S. to be price competitive in international markets,” said Michael Deliberto, a professor of agricultural economics at the LSU AgCenter