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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Pleasure to welcome Nebraska first District Congressman Mike Flood back
to the program to talk tariffs and trade.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Mike, good morning, Hey, good morning, guys.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good to have you back. This. I think big news broke
yesterday or early this morning, the release of the statement
regarding our talks with China and the tariffs, basically the
huge tariffs both sides were imposing and basically going away
for ninety days starting Wednesday, and then the interest of
(00:33):
continuing talks, and then last week we got the news
of the deal with the UK. This is great news,
I think in general. Talk specifically about the impact for
Nebraskas and Nebraska businesses.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Well, I know anybody growing soybeans right now is probably relieved.
Soybeans are a big export to China. We talk a
lot about that. When I'm in the office in Washington.
A lot of swaping farmers come in and are concerned
about the future of our exports there. So happy about that.
Here's the issue I have with China. You can cut
all the deals you want with them, but enforceability is
(01:10):
always the deal. At the end of Trump's first administration,
he cut a deal with China and they found ways
around it. So I'm pleased that we're making the progress,
but remember, enforcing whatever we do with China is the mission.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well, yes, but I agree with you. But they're all saying,
I think they'll probably live up to this. We're going
to play nice for ninety days and then we'll try
to see if we can talk and reach a more
permanent deal, which China will probably ignore this, but for
ninety days, this is a chance, I think for American
businesses and consumers to get a little relief and decide
(01:50):
what they want to do long term relative to China.
You know what, if I'm a business person and I'm
doing business with them, I might use this ninety days
to see if I can find the other place to
do it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
You know, hey, that's great advice. That's great advice. That's
exactly what you happen.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
What do you think about the UK deal?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, I think it's great for American beef farmers and
for Nebraska. I mean, egg products were at the forefront
of that deal. Pharmaceuticals obviously, car parks, things like that.
So when I heard that, I was like, Europe is
going to be eating Nebraska beef again. Thank God?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Is it true? They wouldn't accept any animal produce from
the US.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Oh yeah, it's crazy. I don't know what they're gonna
eat over there tofu at the end of the day.
In Europe they got to come up with a plant.
And right now they've got Nebraska beef coming their way,
which I think everybody in their country I would be
pretty happy about it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I would thank yeah. So yeah, good news for ag
producers on the UK front for sure, and then possibly
the Chinese front. In terms of soybeans, that's a huge market.
The thing is is not a big consumer relatively speaking
to their population in terms of products you find on shelves,
(03:09):
but everybody's got to eat and so agg products that's
a huge market for us, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And I think a lot of people forget how boxed
out of a lot of markets, you know, Australia for instance,
for Nebraska beef, they've boxed us out of there. When
I talked to farmers, people always ask me, how are
your constituents handling all these tariffs? And they're like, and
I basically say, you know, the most calm people in
my office are folks at agriculture. They've been dealing with
(03:35):
an unfair trade system for decades, and you know, President
Biden didn't pay attention to any of this in four years.
In fact, he let the Mexicans box out white corn
because they had some unfounded fear about Oh I don't know,
Genetiggs or whatever. But at the end of the day,
(03:56):
this is going to be good for Nebraska. It's going
to be good for Nebraska farmers and ranch and our
number one industry. You know, obviously agriculture were the number
one beef producer in the United States, bigger than Texas.
So all of this is going to come back and
work in a very good way for our folks.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I am struck, the congressman, flooded by the difference in
this second Trump term, the kind of people that he
has in place, in the kind of discipline compared to
the first term. You know, I mean, these these guys
are really good. This Scott Bessen is becoming a rock star.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well, he is very talented. And I'll tell you after
the tariffs were initially released, you know, the issue with
Japan was was prime upfront, and We've got a big
Kawasaki plant in Lincoln, and I called Senator Ricketts and said, hey, Pete,
we got a problem with these tariffs, and he knows
(04:54):
the Treasury Secretary well and has a great relationship with Japan,
went to bat with both and eased a lot of concerns.
And I think, you know, my eyes are on the
deal with Japan because we have great relations with them,
and we've got a two thousand person plant in Lincoln
called Kawasaki that we need to thrive and survive, and
(05:15):
we're going a good direction. And you're right sixty percent.
Big part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I didn't realize it was that many two thousand. That's
a big employer for Lincoln.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Huge, a great one celebrating fifty years.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, Canada doesn't seem to be interested in talking Turkey
right now, but there Look, if they want to play
check in with the United States on trade, guess who's
going to win?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
You know, Oh, we have to figure that out, don't we.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
I think so. I think so we will. Yeah. So
you you have any level of optimism on and we're
going to talk with White House correspondent John Decker in
about a half hour, But do you have any level
of optimism that Russia and Ukraine are gonna this thing?
(06:04):
I want they're going to talk now.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, I don't want Russia to get any Ukraine's land.
I want Russia to go away. And I fear that
this is just the beginning of another saga where they
all want a piece of the Baltics, so they want
a piece of Poland. I mean, the guy's a nutjob
over there, that Putin, and he is all about taking
down everybody. So, you know, I wanted to end. I
(06:29):
want the war to end. I want it over with.
I think Trump is you know, we've signed the security
agreement with Ukraine and I hear he's talking about maybe
putting some sanctions on Russia. All of that is good.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You want to give a shout out. I loved your
post about your longtime barber.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Oh yeah, yeah, so he started in nineteen sixty. I
was born in nineteen seventy five. He's been cutting my
hair since then. Yeah, he's and he's awfully spried. There's
no part of him that's not I mean he acts
like a forty year oldies. I know he's having an upper.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Eighties Bob Stocks.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
You can't say that I'm a barber hopper.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
No, Well is the other thing. Every single haircut in
Norfolk is exactly the same. Everybody gets exactly the same haircut,
so he's he's got plenty of experiences. There's only one way.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Is like running a.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Man to man defense, he runs one defense or he
cuts hair the same way.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So everybody has a haircut like yours. Norfolk. Yeah, you know,
it's I've thought the well, Norfolk isn't a really small town.
But it is also true that in small towns, particularly
I guess in the Midwest, you want to live really long,
be a barber. Every small you walk up and down
main Street, there's about a ninety year old barber in there.
(07:49):
That must be great. Well, it's probably good for your
health to be standing up all day, right, Maybe that's it.
I don't know. I love that shout out Mike Flood,
thanks for the time this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
All right, good day you too.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
That's Congressman Mike Flood, Rasca District one.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You just don't want to have one of those uh
nerve tremors if you're a barber, not if you're shaving
somebody is the next thing, you know, you go from
Flood's hair cut to a mohawk, and that doesn't look
good on the floor of Congress.
Pleasure to welcome Nebraska first District Congressman Mike Flood back
to the program to talk tariffs and trade.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Mike, good morning, Hey, good morning, guys.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good to have you back. This. I think big news broke
yesterday or early this morning, the release of the statement
regarding our talks with China and the tariffs, basically the
huge tariffs both sides were imposing and basically going away
for ninety days starting Wednesday, and then the interest of
(00:33):
continuing talks, and then last week we got the news
of the deal with the UK. This is great news,
I think in general. Talk specifically about the impact for
Nebraskas and Nebraska businesses.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Well, I know anybody growing soybeans right now is probably relieved.
Soybeans are a big export to China. We talk a
lot about that. When I'm in the office in Washington.
A lot of swaping farmers come in and are concerned
about the future of our exports there. So happy about that.
Here's the issue I have with China. You can cut
all the deals you want with them, but enforceability is
(01:10):
always the deal. At the end of Trump's first administration,
he cut a deal with China and they found ways
around it. So I'm pleased that we're making the progress,
but remember, enforcing whatever we do with China is the mission.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well, yes, but I agree with you. But they're all saying,
I think they'll probably live up to this. We're going
to play nice for ninety days and then we'll try
to see if we can talk and reach a more
permanent deal, which China will probably ignore this, but for
ninety days, this is a chance, I think for American
businesses and consumers to get a little relief and decide
(01:50):
what they want to do long term relative to China.
You know what, if I'm a business person and I'm
doing business with them, I might use this ninety days
to see if I can find the other place to
do it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
You know, hey, that's great advice. That's great advice. That's
exactly what you happen.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
What do you think about the UK deal?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, I think it's great for American beef farmers and
for Nebraska. I mean, egg products were at the forefront
of that deal. Pharmaceuticals obviously, car parks, things like that.
So when I heard that, I was like, Europe is
going to be eating Nebraska beef again. Thank God?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Is it true? They wouldn't accept any animal produce from
the US.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Oh yeah, it's crazy. I don't know what they're gonna
eat over there tofu at the end of the day.
In Europe they got to come up with a plant.
And right now they've got Nebraska beef coming their way,
which I think everybody in their country I would be
pretty happy about it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I would thank yeah. So yeah, good news for ag
producers on the UK front for sure, and then possibly
the Chinese front. In terms of soybeans, that's a huge market.
The thing is is not a big consumer relatively speaking
to their population in terms of products you find on shelves,
(03:09):
but everybody's got to eat and so agg products that's
a huge market for us, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And I think a lot of people forget how boxed
out of a lot of markets, you know, Australia for instance,
for Nebraska beef, they've boxed us out of there. When
I talked to farmers, people always ask me, how are
your constituents handling all these tariffs? And they're like, and
I basically say, you know, the most calm people in
my office are folks at agriculture. They've been dealing with
(03:35):
an unfair trade system for decades, and you know, President
Biden didn't pay attention to any of this in four years.
In fact, he let the Mexicans box out white corn
because they had some unfounded fear about Oh I don't know,
Genetiggs or whatever. But at the end of the day,
(03:56):
this is going to be good for Nebraska. It's going
to be good for Nebraska farmers and ranch and our
number one industry. You know, obviously agriculture were the number
one beef producer in the United States, bigger than Texas.
So all of this is going to come back and
work in a very good way for our folks.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I am struck, the congressman, flooded by the difference in
this second Trump term, the kind of people that he
has in place, in the kind of discipline compared to
the first term. You know, I mean, these these guys
are really good. This Scott Bessen is becoming a rock star.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well, he is very talented. And I'll tell you after
the tariffs were initially released, you know, the issue with
Japan was was prime upfront, and We've got a big
Kawasaki plant in Lincoln, and I called Senator Ricketts and said, hey, Pete,
we got a problem with these tariffs, and he knows
(04:54):
the Treasury Secretary well and has a great relationship with Japan,
went to bat with both and eased a lot of concerns.
And I think, you know, my eyes are on the
deal with Japan because we have great relations with them,
and we've got a two thousand person plant in Lincoln
called Kawasaki that we need to thrive and survive, and
(05:15):
we're going a good direction. And you're right sixty percent.
Big part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I didn't realize it was that many two thousand. That's
a big employer for Lincoln.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Huge, a great one celebrating fifty years.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, Canada doesn't seem to be interested in talking Turkey
right now, but there Look, if they want to play
check in with the United States on trade, guess who's
going to win?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
You know, Oh, we have to figure that out, don't we.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
I think so. I think so we will. Yeah. So
you you have any level of optimism on and we're
going to talk with White House correspondent John Decker in
about a half hour, But do you have any level
of optimism that Russia and Ukraine are gonna this thing?
(06:04):
I want they're going to talk now.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, I don't want Russia to get any Ukraine's land.
I want Russia to go away. And I fear that
this is just the beginning of another saga where they
all want a piece of the Baltics, so they want
a piece of Poland. I mean, the guy's a nutjob
over there, that Putin, and he is all about taking
down everybody. So, you know, I wanted to end. I
(06:29):
want the war to end. I want it over with.
I think Trump is you know, we've signed the security
agreement with Ukraine and I hear he's talking about maybe
putting some sanctions on Russia. All of that is good.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You want to give a shout out. I loved your
post about your longtime barber.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Oh yeah, yeah, so he started in nineteen sixty. I
was born in nineteen seventy five. He's been cutting my
hair since then. Yeah, he's and he's awfully spried. There's
no part of him that's not I mean he acts
like a forty year oldies. I know he's having an upper.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Eighties Bob Stocks.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
You can't say that I'm a barber hopper.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
No, Well is the other thing. Every single haircut in
Norfolk is exactly the same. Everybody gets exactly the same haircut,
so he's he's got plenty of experiences. There's only one way.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Is like running a.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Man to man defense, he runs one defense or he
cuts hair the same way.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So everybody has a haircut like yours. Norfolk. Yeah, you know,
it's I've thought the well, Norfolk isn't a really small town.
But it is also true that in small towns, particularly
I guess in the Midwest, you want to live really long,
be a barber. Every small you walk up and down
main Street, there's about a ninety year old barber in there.
(07:49):
That must be great. Well, it's probably good for your
health to be standing up all day, right, Maybe that's it.
I don't know. I love that shout out Mike Flood,
thanks for the time this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
All right, good day you too.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
That's Congressman Mike Flood, Rasca District one.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You just don't want to have one of those uh
nerve tremors if you're a barber, not if you're shaving
somebody is the next thing, you know, you go from
Flood's hair cut to a mohawk, and that doesn't look
good on the floor of Congress.
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