The president wishes to consult with a member if his staff regarding the possibility of expanding trade with indonesia. which agency in the eop would the president consult and why?

The correct answer is the following,

If the President of the United States wishes to consult with a member of his staff regarding the possibility of expanding trade with Indonesia, he should consult a member of the Executive Office of the President.  

This is the Office of United States Trade Representative because the officer advises the President of the United States about foreign trade expansion, new agreements or difficulties with previous agreements with other countries. So If the President of the United States wishes to consult with a member of his staff regarding the possibility of expanding trade with Indonesia, he should consult the Office of United States Trade Representative.

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.