Congress must support West Virginia farmers, ratify USMCA

The president’s efforts to level the playing field are a welcome change from administrations’ past and its time Congress shows the same support to our farmers by ratifying the USMCA agreement. We can no longer allow foreign nations to use the American farmer as a trade pawn. The farming community has waited long enough.

In a global economy, trade is king and often the centerpiece of international disagreements between nations.

Because strength is often tied to a nation’s ability to export goods, trade agreements can either bond countries together or act as the catalyst for war. Nowhere is this more evident than in the United States, as capitalism combined with globalization gave rise to the America we know today.

Over the years, these same forces changed our nation’s economy from a manufacturing powerhouse to one more focused on services and technology.