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Committee raises trade, foreign farmland purchases and supply‑chain concerns as USDA pursues new export deals
Summary
Members and Secretary Rollins discussed tariffs, a growing trade deficit, foreign purchases of U.S. farmland and supply‑chain vulnerabilities for agricultural inputs; Rollins said the administration is negotiating trade agreements and plans a federal approach to foreign land purchases.
WASHINGTON — The House subcommittee focused part of Tuesday’s hearing on international trade, foreign purchases of U.S. agricultural land, and supply‑chain dependencies for farm inputs.
Secretary Brooke Rollins described efforts to reorient trade policy and promote U.S. agricultural exports, saying the administration was "very, very close to significant trade agreement announcements" and that she expected those deals to benefit American farmers. "We are very close to significant trade agreement…
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