How could Trump’s tariffs impact Washington?
In a virtual roundtable organized by U.S. Senator Patty Murray on April 8, Washington State Department of Agriculture international marketing program manager Rianne Ham said retaliatory tariffs from China had previously weakened Washington’s sweet cherry market.
Before Trump’s 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum in China and other countries, China had been one of the fastest-growing export markets for cherries grown in the Northwest. During the 2017 cherry season, nearly 60 million pounds of cherries sourced from five states — the largest portion from Washington — were exported to China, making it the top export market for the fruit, ahead of Canada.
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