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While President Donald Trump continues to implement sweeping tariffs during his second term in office, Republican Iowa U.S. Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she thinks they can be an effective negotiating tactic, but only in the short term.

During a radio town hall on conservative radio host Simon Conway’s show Tuesday night, Miller-Meeks was asked by callers whether she supports Trump’s use of tariffs, with one caller saying Iowa farmers are ”hurting” from tariffs right now and are looking for places to sell their crops at a fair price.

While Miller-Meeks said she hasn’t heard from any farmers who have felt betrayed by tariffs and said the taxes have helped secure deals with countries that

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