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The topic came up again Thursday when Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins lunched with Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the Agriculture Department, at the White House complex Thursday, according to two other Republicans familiar with the matter. The discussion focused largely on reconciliation, as Republicans continue to explore whether they can add some farm bill program funding into the massive bill, along with cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food assistance for low-income Americans, according to the people.

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Foreign export markets are a major source of revenue for U.S. farmers, particularly those who grow row crops like soybeans — key constituents to farm-state lawmakers. Many of them are still reeling from 2018, the last time Trump launched a trade war with foreign countries that led to steep retaliatory tariffs on the American agriculture sector. GOP lawmakers in farm and automobile-heavy states were already scrambling to shield those industries in the lead up to Trump’s dramatic tariff announcement Wednesday, which could see duties rise to levels not seen in nearly a century.