Response by National Cotton Council to 'Are Farmers Made Whole by Trade Aid?'
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 12 -- The National Cotton Council issued the following news release:
A recent study/1 by researchers at Kansas State University stated that "payment rates are larger than estimated price impacts of retaliatory tariffs for most commodities - the difference is especially large for cotton and sorghum." According to the authors, the 2019 MFP cotton payment rate was about 33 times larger than the estimated impact from previous studies. The authors also n . . .
A recent study/1 by researchers at Kansas State University stated that "payment rates are larger than estimated price impacts of retaliatory tariffs for most commodities - the difference is especially large for cotton and sorghum." According to the authors, the 2019 MFP cotton payment rate was about 33 times larger than the estimated impact from previous studies. The authors also n . . .