Originally Posted By: 257wbymag

Originally Posted By: ALclearcut

Originally Posted By: mauvilla
And then corn prices will double or triple


Corn is actually about to get really cheap if we put a tariff on Mexican imports and Mexico responds with a tariff on American corn or they start buying most of their corn from South America. Mexico is by far the largest foreign buyer of American corn.


Ummmmm. No


Care to explain? Mexico buys 27% of America's corn exports. If (and it is certainly still an "if") Mexico tries to respond to an American tariff by buying their corn elsewhere, corn will absolutely get cheaper here in the US due to the lower demand for it.