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Wall Street Journal Editorial: Trade Punishment for Trump Voters - Protectionism is already hurting the Farm Belt

Kim Baker

Director, Digital Initiatives

photo credit: North Carolina Farm Bureau, Used with Permission

Kim Baker

Director, Digital Initiatives


The Wall Street Journal’s Feb. 10 lead editorial was a full-throated defense of free trade and a warning that protectionism could take an unacceptable toll on farm country. Editorial page writers based much of their piece on interviews with AFBF Chief Economist Bob Young and Dale Moore, executive director public policy, as well as our own economic analysis of the situation, which they cited in the editorial.

For more on AFBF’s  positions on trade, click here.