President Donald Trump is moving forward with imposing tariffs on goods coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China. Some of those tariffs have raised concerns for South Dakota farmers.

In 2023, South Dakota exported $1.9 billion worth of goods to Canada and $1.4 billion to its No. 2 trading partner, Mexico. It also imported the most goods from Canada, followed by China and Brazil. The top export was soybeans and the biggest import was machinery.

They have upended diplomatic relations with America’s largest trading partners, sent markets tumbling and provoked retaliations on U.S. products.

The one-month exemption will lift tariffs for all Canadian and Mexican goods compliant with United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a free trade agreement. While Trump on