The 20-kilometer (12.5 miles) evacuation zone surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi (FDI) nuclear power plant will be expanded, Japanese government officials announced today.
Caterpillar, for example, one of the likely beneficiaries of expanded exports, recently announced plans to open a new assembly plant not in its Midwestern base but in Victoria, outside Houston.
Clinton also called on Congress to take additional steps to help farmers, including expanded eligibility for loans and more flexibility in subsidy programs so farmers can plant other crops when their primary crops fail.