‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Put AgTech Innovation to the Test

On April 2, 2025 – a day the White House triumphantly labeled “Liberation Day” – President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping new array of tariffs on U.S. trading partners. Virtually no corner of the global market was spared: a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on those from the European Union, with a baseline 10% tariff on all countries’ imports into the United States​. The administration billed it as an overdue course-correction to revive domestic manufacturing. But for America’s agricultural technology (AgTech) sector, the immediate aftermath has been defined less by liberation than by anxiety. Instead of celebrating,

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