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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: Tariffs & Securing The U.S. Food Supply

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

President Trump’s tariff strategy continues to make waves across the globe, especially in Washington.   While he recently paused tariffs for Canada and Mexico, he has imposed them on China and continues threatening other countries.   Trump’s tough tactics have sparked concerns about a larger trade war, which economists say would further increase the prices of essential items like food.   Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Kip Tom, joined host Dave Anthony this week to discuss Trump’s tariffs and how they will impact farmers like him and grocery bills.   While Torn acknowledged that the cost of produce and other foods would go up temporarily if tariffs were imposed on Mexico, Canada, and other nations, he also said the American agriculture community and the economy would benefit long-term if Trump’s tariff strategy worked.   Torn discusses how America is already too reliant on other countries for its food supply and vital products for its production and why this can be a serious national security problem. He also thinks Trump’s strategy could bring more manufacturing back home and ensure that America grows the food it needs. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with former Ambassador Kip Torn. This will allow you to hear more about Trump’s tariff strategy, how it can impact food prices, and why he says more focus should be on strengthening America’s food supply.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is the Fox News Rundown Extra. I'm Dave Anthony.

0:39.0

Today, tariffs.

0:41.1

The U.S. imposed more of them on Chinese imports earlier this week, 10%.

0:45.4

With President Trump punishing China for allowing the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the U.S.

0:50.7

Now, on Monday, China plans to retaliate by imposing tariffs on some American goods.

0:57.1

The president delayed for one month, 25% tariffs he'd threatened to impose on imports from Mexico

1:04.1

and a 25% tariff on most Canadian goods as well, after the leaders of both countries agreed to

1:09.6

increase border security and efforts

1:11.5

to stop fentanyl. Now, both Canada and Mexico have vowed to retaliate against U.S. exports if

1:20.0

these American tariffs on their imports are later imposed. And that is what we talked to

1:26.6

Kip Tom about. He's a farmer in northern Indiana.

1:30.9

We spoke to him right after he was on the Fox News channel sitting in a tractor with huge grain

1:35.9

silos behind him on his farm. He's also a former U.S. ambassador in the first Trump administration

1:41.4

to U.N. food agencies. So Kip Tom has a unique perspective on the

1:45.5

issues here and the worries here about inflation and the effect tariffs might have on agriculture

1:53.1

and the food supply. Now, if you are a regular listener to the rundown extra, you know that I'm

2:00.4

going to tell you, the Ambassador and I

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