Each week, the editorial team at Greenhouse Grower and Meister Media Worldwide will bring you the latest updates from the Trump administration’s policies and their impact on floriculture, from labor to the farm bill to funding for anything from federal loans to research and Extension. We also want to hear from you. What questions do you have about immigration enforcement, tariffs, or other topics? Let us know, and we’ll do our best to get you answers.
Here’s our update for March 6.
How Are Government Cuts Affecting You?
Earlier this week, David Eddy, Editor of American Fruit Grower (part of the Meister Media Worldwide family of brands along with Greenhouse Grower), posted this story asking growers in the fruit and vegetable industries is they’ve been affected by the recent wave of government cuts. We’re opening this question up to greenhouse floriculture growers as well, so please check out the story and share your thoughts, either via email or with a voice mail message.
Border Trade Alliance Statement on Imposition of New Tariffs
Border Trade Alliance (a grassroots, non-profit organization that provides a forum for discussion and advocacy on issues pertaining to border development and quality of life and trade in the Americas) Chairman Pete Sepulveda, Jr. and BTA President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following joint statement about the planned March 4 imposition by the U.S. of 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico:
“As we have said on multiple occasions, we celebrated when President Trump passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which modernized our country’s trade policy and reasserted North America’s position as the globe’s most economically competitive trading bloc.
“Tariffs on our friends, neighbors, and trading partners is a significant step backwards. The cost of these new import taxes will cause lost jobs and higher prices, undermining the president’s goal of taming inflation.
“We should be striving to achieve the economic promise of USMCA and trilateral cooperation and prosperity. We hope the administration will reconsider the effects of tariffs on consumers, job creators, and the country’s economic health.”
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