The Trump administration this week finalizes hefty steel and aluminum tariffs that have farm groups bracing from retaliatory trade actions, and the president also is pushing forward to address complaints by refiners about the cost of complying with federal biofuel mandates.
 
Some lawmakers cautioned that the tariff details to be released this week could be narrowly drawn enough to limit the potential for retaliation. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told CNN Sunday that no countries would be excluded. Canada and the European Union already are threatening to slap tariffs on U.S. products. In the EU’s case, the list of potential targets includes bourbon and blue jeans.
 
U.S. farmers are especially worried that China will retaliate against U.S. soybeans and other commodities. Last week, more than two dozen farm and business groups sought to head off the tariffs that the remedies recommended by the Commerce Department were  “overly broad.”
 
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