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Jim Costa: “When it comes to trade, the President has said that farmers are better off with Market Facilitation Program payments…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
When it comes to trade, the President has said that farmers are better off with Market Facilitation Program payments than they were with the access they had to China before the trade war.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Jim Costa discusses farmers' views on trade and government support programs.

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