Ninety percent of potash needed for fertilizer is imported, mostly from Canada, and this will now face a 10% duty.
William Krist
William Krist served as Assistant Trade Representative in the White House trade office under Presidents Reagan and Carter. He has also worked on trade issues as a legislative aide in both the House and the Senate and he is the author of “Globalization and America's Trade Agreements” published by Johns Hopkins University Press. He also served as senior vice president for a leading high tech industry association and has led consulting projects in a number of African nations related to economic development. He splits his time between Fairfax County and the Northern Neck