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Imports Strike Back

We got the April trade data last week with strong U.S. demand like Travis Kelce at a Taylor Swift concert—hard to miss. In the first four months of the year, the U.S. imported nearly $20 billion more in ag goods than it exported. As the chart shows, that’s a record trade imbalance for the period, and tariffs didn’t move the needle much in April. As a matter of fact, and you know I think facts are "dope" (hear my teenagers scream), the ag trade deficit that month hit its second-highest level ever.  

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