Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday that U.S. trade negotiators h...
United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue holds up a phone as he attends a rally for candidate for governor Ron DeSantis in Lakeland, Florida, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
“They are engaged in conversation, they listen and hear us, but we are at this stage unable to determine the willingness factor,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Washington. “We would certainly love below 15 percent,” he said, referring to the tariff level. He did not say what the exact level U.S. negotiators were seeking.
Perdue on Monday said that a number of agricultural issues were on the table in trade talks, including poultry access, issues over beef exports, feed grains, ethanol and an animal feed known as distillers grains.
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