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Trump’s ‘America first’ policy hits Argentine biodiesel producers, ‘good friend’ Macri

PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN, Argentina — To workers in this sleepy riverside town fueled by agriculture exports, President Trump’s promise to focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs” sounds more and more like he is coming for theirs.

Their worries stem from what, aside from the Trans-Pacific Partnership withdrawal, amounts to Mr. Trump’s most tangible “America first” moment on foreign trade: the Commerce Department’s move last month to slap a 70-plus percent tariff on imports of Argentine biodiesel because of what U.S. officials say are unfair government subsidies.

Read more at The Washington Times

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