SCHONBERG ARE FROM THE STATE
FROM REGISTER.
THIS AS YOUR COMPANY
CONNECTION
WELCOME TO PROTECTION, I'M
MARK MAXWELL.
SONNY PERDUE VISITED ILLINOIS
TODAY SOMETHING INDICATOR AT THE
FARM PROGRESS SHOW.
WHY HE WAS THERE WHEN THEY HE
PULLED HIS CELL PHONE OUT IN
FRONT OF A ROOM FULL FARMERS.
AND WHO WAS ON THE OTHER LINE
BUT
Associated Press and Bernie
P
RESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF
IN PART AN EFFORT TO DELIVER A
MESSAGE AND CALM THERE'S ABOUT
FARMERS AFRAID OF THE ONGOING
ENDURING TRADE WAR WITH CHINA
AND STILL UNRESOLVED
NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO AND
CANADA.
FARMERS IN ILLINOIS, AFTER ALL,
ARE STILL FEELING THE STING OF
THE DEVASTATING 20 SEASON, FIRST
WITH DRUG, THEN THE FLOODS THAT
FOLLOWED AND WHEN IT WASN'T
WEATHER IT WAS WASHINGTON ADDING
TO THEIR CONCERNS.
MANY FORMS WHAT IF ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CONCERNS IN CHINA MAY BE
GONE FOR GOOD.
THAT AS WHEN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AS MAKING A
CALCULATED POLITICAL GAMBLE THAT
IN THE END OF ALL OF THIS
FARMERS WILL SEE ABOUT -- STILL
STAND BY HIS SIDE IN THE TRADE
WAR AGAINST THE WORLD'S SECOND
LARGEST ECONOMY
AS PURSUING THE DEAL TERM
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THESE FOLKS ARE
LONG-TERM PLAYERS AND THEY DON'T
LIKE CHEATERS.
STARTING SUNDAY THE TRADE WAR
ESCALATE AGAIN, AS TARIFFS ON
MORE THAN $300 BILLION OF
CHINESE GOODS JUMP 50 PERCENT
HIGHER.
FARMERS ARE RIGHTLY CONCERNED
BEIJING COULD RETALIATE WITH
MORE TARIFFS ON AMERICAN GOODS.
CULTURE SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE
SAYS FARMERS MAY BE REALLY BUT
THEY ARE NOT YET REELING
RETREATING.
ARE THE AGES?
ABSOLUTELY.
AS NOT WANT TO BE UNDER ECONOMIC
DISTRESS SO THERE'S NO DOUBT ARE
SAND POINT CHOSE TO GO FOR
THE ILLINOIS DERBY ASSOCIATION
LOOKING TO CUT NEW DEALS WITH
INTERNATIONAL TRADE PARTNERS.
THE BIG GORILLA IN THE ROOM
AS CHINA.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRADE WITH
CHINA CHINA.
WE ARE TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
ILLINOIS FARMERS DON'T JUST
SELL THINGS ON THE MARKET, THEY
BY A LOT OF THINGS.
COMBINES CONTRACTORS AND RAIN
FERTILIZERS
THEY SAY THE FATE OF THE
STATEMENT FACTORING INDUSTRY AS
TIED TOGETHER FARMERS AND WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRADE
POLICIES.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
OUR PRODUCTS AROUND THE WORLD.
IT AS IMPORTANT WE GET TRADED
GRANTS, BOTH USMCA WITH
MESCALINE KAYLA.
WE NEED A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH
THE EUROPEAN UNION BUT ALSO IN
PARTICULAR CHINA, WHO AS A LARGE
CUSTOMER TELLER.
PRODUCE AT THE DEAL WITH
MEXICO AND CANADA TO GHANA TO
PUT AND POSSIBLY PAVE THE WAY TO
DEAL WITH CHINA.
BUT HE FEARS 2020 POSITION
POLITICS COULD CAST A LONG
SHADOW OVER THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE.
ALL IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME
OF THESE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT SAYING, USMCA AND THE
HERD MENTALITY TAKES OVER AND IT
GETS BLOWN OFF, WHICH WOULD
REALLY HURT OUR PROSPECTS OF
GETTING IT DONE.
I THINK THEY WANT TO TRY AND
MAKE A DEAL WITH US BUT I'M NOT
SURE.
THEY WANT TO WAIT.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEW
PRESIDENT IN A YEAR AND A HALF
SO THEY COULD CONTINUE TO RIP
OFF THE UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUGGESTED
THAT PERHAPS BEIJING AS TRYING
TO WAIT HIM OUT.
DO YOU THINK HE CAN CLOSE THE
DEAL WITH CHINA IN HIS FIRST
TERM OR WOULD HE NEED A SECOND
TO GET THAT DONE
I THINK YOU WOULD LOVE TO
CLOSE THAT DEAL BUT THE BALL AS
IN CHINA'S COURT.
IF THEIR GOAL AS WAIT HIM OUT, I
THINK THEY GOT A LONG TIME TO
WAIT.
WE TURN OUT TO OUR REPORTERS
WROTE TO GENESIS JOHN O'CONNOR
WITH THE ASSOCIATE PRESS AND
BERNIE SCHONBERGER WITH THE
STATE, REGISTER.
GENTLEMEN, GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
WE WE'RE COVERED THE FARM
PROGRESS SHOW THEY COME TO
DECATUR EVERY OTHER YEAR.
ON WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY, WHEN
FOUR MEMS OF CONGRESS FROM
ILLINOIS.
SUCH OWNER AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP AGRICULTURE SECRETARY
SONNY PERDUE WHAT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TRADE POLICY, AND SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESSING HOW IT AS IMPACTING
FARMERS, HOW IT AS IMPACTING THE
ECONOMY, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
WHAT ARE SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS OR
THINGS YOU NOTICE THAT ARE PUT
OUT ON HEADLINES, FROM YOUR
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK, IF YOU
WILL, WHY YOU WE'RE THERE.
OF COURSE THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF FOCUS ON THE TRADE WAR
WITH CHINA, AND FARMERS HAVE
BECOME INCREASINGLY ALARMED,
ESPECIALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO IN
CHINA SAID, OKAY, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BUY ANYMORE FARM
PRODUCTS FROM THE US.
FARMERS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING
TRUMP IN HIS QUEST TO GET CHINA
TO PLAY FAIR ON TRADE.
THEY BECOME OR OBSESSED BECAUSE
PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE SOME
DECISIONS ABOUT ETHANOL
PRODUCTION
TWISTING FROM FOREIGN TO THE
RUSTIC POLICY, THIS AS INTERNAL
LARGELY?
YES GRENNO COURSE 1 PERCENT
OF THE NATION'S CORN CROP GOES
TOWARD ETHANOL.
WELL, HE HAD MADE SOME
EXEMPTIONS REVISIONS NEGATIVE
FOR SOME REFINERIES TO BLEND
ETHANOL, WHICH MEANS LESS
ETHANOL TO BE SOLD AND LESS
ETHANOL CAN BE PRODUCED.
THIS AS REALLY OBSESSED AND OUT
OF FARMERS BECAUSE THEY MOVED
THEIR CROP?
PRODUCE STATEMENT YESTERDAY
WAS THAT THE PRESIDENT AS GOING
TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS TO KIND
OF EASE THE PAIN OF THAT.
CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP CLOSE THE
DEAL WITH CHINA IN HIS FIRST
TERM OR IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT
BE LEANING TOWARD SAYING, I NEED
A SECOND TERM TO CLOSE THE DEAL.
AND THERE AS ALSO TALK ABOUT
THESE PAYMENTS TO FARMERS, TWILL
BE ELASTIC, 16 BILLION THIS YEAR.
IT DOESN'T MAKE UP THE GAP OR
WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOSING BECAUSE
OF TARIFFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT
BUT SONNY PERDUE SAID HE TALKED
TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT AND THE
PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS HIS IDEA
TO DO IT AGAIN AND HE SAID, WILL
THINK ABOUT THIS PURPOSE A
PRESIDENT LET'S TAKE YOU TO
DEVELOP A BEAUTIFUL RESORT AND
YOU DO ALL THE WORK FOR DAN
MCCREADY SAID YOU CAN'T BUILD
THAT RESORT BUT WE WILL PAY
SOMETHING.
YOU WON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET THE
FULFILLMENT OF DOING THE JOB.
THE FARMERS FOR THE SAME WAY
BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO PRODUCE AND
SELL.
ALL RIGHT, JOHN, BERNIE,
THANK YOU.
WE HEARD FROM FARMERS GROW
CROPS, WE HEARD FROM
MANUFACTURERS WHO SELL THEM HERE
BUT WHAT ABOUT FARMERS WHO RAISE
ANIMALS?
HOW ARE THEY DOING?
HOW ARE THEY HOLDING UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ONGOING TRADE WAR?
HERE NEXT IN THE GROUP THAT
SUPPORTS PORK FARMERS, HOG
FARMERS, IN ILLINOIS.