By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
United States Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) makes an appearance at Chiefs Training Camp in St. Joseph.
“I’m a lifelong Chiefs fan. I remember Super Bowl I. I remember Super Bowl IV,” Marshall tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “And just a boyhood dream to come to camp some day and here it is, so excited to see everybody.”
Marshall, a Republican, says he is pleased with the start of President Trump’s second term.
“Well, I think that we’ve never seen such a successful first six months of a presidency. That we’ve secured the border. That we’ve rolled back regulation. That the price of gas and groceries are coming down. Job market looks good,” according to Marshall. “Trillions of dollars are going to be invested here in the next several years as well to grow those jobs even more. Very proud of our big, beautiful bill.”
Marshall says he is pleased to see President Trump move to shore up trade agreements with major trading partners, such as the United Kingdom and the European Union.
“EU is probably our second biggest trade partner, overall, right now. And, basically, they’ve locked us out for years. So, we’re unable to sell Kansas agriculture products, Kansas ethanol in EU right now,” Marshall says. “So, we’re going to break down those non-tariff barriers and it will be good for the world economy overall.”
He says a move to reach agreements in southeast Asia could have a big impact.
“By getting agreements done with Indonesia, which is the 4th largest country in the world right now,” Marshall says. “Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines. So, we’re kind of making a box around China and going to force them to the table as well.”
Marshall says agriculture will benefit from the recent agreements, though another industry will benefit a bit more.
“I think agriculture will have a significant benefit, because it’s going from zero to something; probably a $25 billion trade deficit with the EU right now as well. But there are bigger markets out there for our food as well,” Marshall says. “Probably the cars is the big issue with the EU. We buy so many of their cars, but they block our cars from going in there. The president removing tariffs going into the EU is really going to open up that market.”