Marcia Brown

1 month ago | politico.eu | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.

1 month ago | politico.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

“A tariff, you can just pay it, and things just get more costly,” said Ben Lilliston, director of rural strategies and climate change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. “But this is a full restriction on your ability to send product to that country.” The Chinese government knows where it can pinch U.S. exporters hardest.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.

Feb 1, 2025 | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Zack Colman |Marcia Brown

https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3785826255940-usda-ordered-to-scrub-climate-change-from-websitesBy Zack Colman and Marcia BrownAgriculture Department employees have been ordered to delete landing pages discussing climate change across agency websites and document climate change references for further review, according to an internal email obtained by POLITICO.

Jan 31, 2025 | politico.com | Zack Colman |Marcia Brown

The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives. Climate change references are under fire at the Agriculture Department under President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins.