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Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Farmers fear tariffs could cost them one of their biggest markets in China

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Farmers fear tariffs could cost them one of their biggest markets in China

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Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit. But now they are faced with losing the biggest export market for many of their crops after China retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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If only they had an example of trump tariffs that caused them to lose a huge chunk of their market share…
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  Or ANY tarrifs ever in US history
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  Like one that put Brazil as the leading exporter of a crop that the U.S. used to dominate.

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