Iowa’s economy will feel more impacts than other states from tariffs says economist

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - New trade deals between the United States and Latin America could lower prices for coffee and bananas as part of negotiations by President Donald Trump to reduce some of his previous tariffs on exports that increased grocery prices.

The trade deals are designed to give families relief at the grocery store as prices have increased. But Drake University Professor Dr. Thomas Root said Iowa’s economy feels tariff changes more intensely than other states.

He said the state’s economy relies so heavily on agriculture that any hits to farmers create widespread effects.

“It doesn’t just hurt the farmer. The farmer then puts off doing things like buying new equipment. They put off doing things that are going to help their local economy in terms