MS HR7

Urges President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to end the tariff war with China that is harming Mississippi farmers' livelihoods

Mississippi has approximately 36,200 farms on 10.7 million acres, with agriculture and forestry contributing $16.41 billion annually to the state's economy

China's 25% retaliatory tariffs on soybeans, imposed in response to $50 billion in U.S. tariffs announced in 2018, have significantly impacted Mississippi's $1.1 billion soybean industry, the state's third-largest agricultural crop

Mississippi exported $109.7 million in soybeans to China in 2017, and the tariffs also threaten other state products including cotton, corn, beef, and whisky

Calls for preserving current trading relationships and securing new agricultural trade opportunities to restore prosperity to Mississippi agriculture