US ag expert tells Australia to build Asia deals while Trump team dithers

Andrew Marshall
Updated November 11 2017 - 2:30pm, first published November 10 2017 - 1:00pm
American farm lobby expert Dr Bob Young is disappointed the US pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership talks leaving Australia and others to potentially make the headway running in Asia.
American farm lobby expert Dr Bob Young is disappointed the US pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership talks leaving Australia and others to potentially make the headway running in Asia.

US President Donald Trump’s war against free trade deals could work well in Australia’s favour, particularly agricultural exports, says a long-time American farm lobby economist and adviser to Washington lawmakers.  

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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