Trump China trade war is devastating farmers and ag exports. Will tit for tat ever end?

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Author(s) G. William Hoagland
Source USA Today
Date August 28, 2019
URL https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/28/trump-china-trade-war-worries-farmers-drags-down-economy-column/2124225001/
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Quotes-start.png The negative impacts of this dispute, along with diminished harvests this year, are having an impact on rural America. More than 240 Midwestern farms have already filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy over the past year, and more are struggling to make loan payments. Farmers are patient — they have to be. But I am sure they do not want to wait another 14 months or more before this dispute is resolved. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Trade war is good for the United States on the topic China–United States trade war.