August 30, 2018
Dermot Hayes, professor, and Chad Hart, associate professor, were interviewed for an Aug. 27th Des Moines Register article on the new trade agreement between Mexico and the United States.
"Mexico's retaliatory duties placed on pork could be removed within a week … but this will not return us to profitability," said Dermot Hayes.
Chad Hart, an Iowa State University economist, said he hopes a pending deal with Mexico means an agreement is quick in coming with Canada, another top ag trading partner.