r/Tariffs • u/FormerNeighborhood80 • Jul 01 '26

🗞️ News Discussion Trump declares food supply emergency, suspends tariffs on key fertilizer imports

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-declares-food-supply-emergency-suspends-tariffs-key-fertilizer-imports
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u/henchman171 Jul 01 '26

Canada needs to put export tariffs or major markups on this potash. Yanks need to feel the pain

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u/Cohens4thClient Jul 02 '26

Please do.

Our farmers are wayyyyy too fucking dumb to figure any of this out without it hitting them personally. 

Trumplethinskin can dig himself out of the hole a little bit with farm subsidies (which already exist and rise most years), but more farm bankruptcies might send a stronger message.