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Brooke Rollins: “When we came back, it was a $50 billion agricultural trade…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Published | Video Starts at 03:21

Our farmers saw not one new trade deal in those four years under the last administration. And when we came back, when we left in 2021, we had an $8 billion agricultural surplus, trade surplus. When we came back, it was a $50 billion agricultural trade deficit. These numbers are staggering. Over the past 16 months, we've worked non stop to reverse this trajectory for American ag. But such a seismic reroute cannot happen overnight. (03:21–03:28)

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Asserts that the agricultural trade deficit was $50 billion upon returning to office.

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