<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://nfu.org/2018/07/24/white-house-announces-trade-aid-for-farmers-farmers-union-urges-long-term-fix/" class="">https://nfu.org/2018/07/24/white-house-announces-trade-aid-for-farmers-farmers-union-urges-long-term-fix/</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">White House Announces Trade Aid for Farmers — Farmers Union Urges Long-Term Fix<br class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">July 24, 2018</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">WASHINGTON</strong> – The Trump administration today announced a $12 billion plan to provide emergency aid to farmers amidst an escalating trade war with China and other trading partners. The plan will include direct assistance, a food purchase and distribution program, and a trade promotion program.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">National Farmers Union (NFU), the nation’s second largest general farm organization, urged the administration to do more to provide a long-term fix to the long-term damage of the trade war. The group supports the president’s efforts to improve fair trade relationships with trading partners, yet has grown weary of the administration’s go-it-alone, bull-in-a-china-shop approach.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">NFU President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to the announcement:</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px 30px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">“President Trump’s escalating trade war with China and much of the rest of the world requires that we go to significant lengths to protect the men and women who grow our food, fuel and fiber. Their livelihoods are on the line with every tweet, threat or tariff action that comes from the White House. Market prices for farm products are plunging from already very low levels, and it’s been estimated that farmers lost more than $13 billion last month alone due to trade disruptions.</em></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px 30px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">“While we appreciate the move to provide stopgap assistance, this plan is a short-term fix to a long-term problem. The administration must develop a support mechanism that will mitigate the significant damage that is being inflicted upon our most vital international markets for years to come. They should do this by working with Congress to ensure farm bill programs provide enough assistance to farmers when markets collapse.”</em></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; text-align: center; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">###</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">To download an audio file of Roger Johnson’s quote, visit our website at <a href="http://www.nfu.org/audio" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(63, 144, 204); text-decoration: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">nfu.org/audio</a>.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><u style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">About NFU</u></strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""></strong>National Farmers Union advocates on behalf of nearly 200,000 American farm families and their communities. We envision a world in which farm families and their communities are respected, valued, and enjoy economic prosperity and social justice.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class=""><u style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">Stay Connected</u></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">Look for us online at <a href="https://nfu.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(63, 144, 204); text-decoration: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">NFU.org</a> and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nationalfarmersunion" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(63, 144, 204); text-decoration: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NFUDC" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(63, 144, 204); text-decoration: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nationalfarmersunion/" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(63, 144, 204); text-decoration: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;" class="">Instagram</a>. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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