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What American farmers could gain by rejoining the Asia-Pacific trade deal that Trump spurned

  • Written by Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
imageThe Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement covers a broad range of goods and services, including food safety standards. Simon Fanger/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

The Biden administration has an opportunity to recalibrate American global trade by rejoining the influential Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Signing on to this partnership has the potential...

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