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According to CoBank Grains and Oilseeds Economist Tanner Ehmke, the trade deals being negotiated now differ from previous trade agreements. “Prior trade agreements took years to put together, at least 18 months, some of them several years.” That provides time to secure buy-in from the participating countries, according to Ehmke. “The trade deal here in the United States is supposed to be ...