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What happened to U.S. farmers during the last trade war

2025-05-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·25m 30s ·by NPR
What happened to U.S. farmers during the last trade war
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The U.S. exports billions of dollars worth of agricultural products each year — things like soybeans, corn and pork. And over the last month, these exports have been caught up in a trade war. U.S. farmers have been collateral damage in a trade war before. In 2018, President Trump put tariffs on a bu