Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has admitted his country doesn't have enough potash to satisfy U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for the critical fertilizer. “Everyone keeps saying: Ah, potash! Even if we wanted to supply [potash] to other, Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted,” Lukashenko said Monday at a meeting with Vladimir Orlovsky, head of the Belarusian state customs authority. That same day, Trump said his country was "working on a deal" to purchase Belarusian potash fertilizer, as it’s “substantially” cheaper than Canada’s offering. Washington and Ottawa are embroiled in an escalating trade dispute.
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