{"id":25018,"date":"2025-04-04T06:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=25018"},"modified":"2025-04-04T06:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:22:43","slug":"mexico-canada-spared-from-retaliatory-tariffs-what-does-it-mean-for-ag-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/mexico-canada-spared-from-retaliatory-tariffs-what-does-it-mean-for-ag-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico, Canada spared from retaliatory tariffs &#8211; What does it mean for ag trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ERIN ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brownfield Ag Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts say President Trump\u2019s retaliatory tariff announcement is setting a new precedent for trade in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juan Carlos Baker is CEO of Ansley International Consultants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/photoless-header-template-Ag-news.jpg?resize=252%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&nbsp;just witnessed the most significant developments in trade policy in maybe 3 decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says Canada and Mexico were spared from the President\u2019s tariff list, which could indicate a renegotiation of USMCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe agreement will be reviewed in 2026 for all intents and purposes, I believe that we are already on that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Wood&nbsp;with&nbsp;the National Foreign Trade Council&nbsp;says the US continues to emphasize the importance of the USMCA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is an understanding that Canada and Mexico need to diversify their partners and that their reliance on the US cannot just be taken for a certainty,\u201d he says. \u201cBut nonetheless, the relationship&nbsp;continues to be critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker says the recent&nbsp;announcement could push Mexico to explore other export opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that no possible combination of domestic market and other exporting destinations could probably make up a fragment of what we export to the US,\u201d he says. \u201cI think that every corner or every advantage that Mexico can get is worth exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wood says the impacts of the tariff announcement could continue to unfold in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ERIN ANDERSON Brownfield Ag Network Experts say President Trump\u2019s retaliatory tariff announcement is setting a new precedent for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-25018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag","tag-ag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25019,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018\/revisions\/25019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}