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Opinion: China ready, willing and able to go head-to-head with U.S. in trade war

By Dave Dickey/Big Ag Watch | April 4, 2018

As Dave Dickey writes, U.S. grain and oilseed farmers, specialty crop growers and pork producers are hoping that China and U.S. leadership pull back their reins on the potential for a full-blown trade war that could cripple U.S. gross domestic product.

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Opinion: Proposed trade deal a ‘political football’

By Dave Dickey/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | November 13, 2015

In trade circles, it is simply known as the TPP — that's Trans-Pacific Partnership. And it is the largest free trade deal in terms of gross domestic product that the United States has negotiated since the 1994 North America Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada.