Trump Tariffs Could Fund Bailout for US Farmers, Agriculture Secretary Tells FT
The Trump administration is drawing up plans to use tariff revenue to fund a program to support U.S. farmers, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins.
"There may be circumstances under which we will be very seriously looking to and announcing a package soon," Rollins told the newspaper in an interview on Wednesday.
Rollins said financing the bailout with “tariff income that is now coming into America” was “absolutely a potential.”
The White House did not immediately...
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