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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack gives us an update on his meeting with the United Nations.

Said about that. l let's play it. should the tariffs be lifted? >> many of them should be. we should focus on what's important, not raising input prices for american producers so they're less competitive, which is what much of those tariffs do. >> can you explain why keeping all those tariffs in place on chinese goods is best for the 12 million plus workers you represent, given, again, that china is not living up to its end of the bargain anyway? >> well, the tariffs are actually one tool in a whole body of solutions we should be looking to as a country to get tough on the cheating that china ...

Important, not raising input prices for american producers so they're less competitive, which is what much of those tariffs do. instead, we should be focusing on things that allow the leakage of key technologies to china, and the like. we should pass at long last some kind of legislation. ideally, on a bipartisan basis that would raise the vastly excessive trump tax cuts, join the world in taxing corporations adequately, take down prescription drug prices. all of that would operate to reduce inflation. so there's things we can do. if i can step out of my area for one second, i think the banana...

The Georgia Farm Monitor talks with a climatologist to see if there is any relief in sight for farmers enduring the effects of dry weather.

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